by Raeleigh Wilkinson (Author)
You already know the incredible stories of Emma Smith and Eliza R. Snow and their instrumental contributions to the foundation of the Church, but the strength of Latter-day Saint women didn't end there. This compilation of forty-five brief biographies of remarkable women from thirty nations throughout Church history is accompanied by beautiful portraits illustrated by Latter-day Saint women. Some of these women you know, and all of them you'll want to know, including - Lidia Zakrewski, a teenager who delivered messages for the Polish Resistance in WWII and who paused a battle with the power of music - Priscilla Sampson-Davis, a schoolteacher who translated the Book of Mormon into the Fante language of Ghana - Noelle Pikus-Pace, an Olympic skeleton athlete whose faith overcame an injury that doctors expected might end her career - Sahar Qumsiyeh, a Palestinian statistics professor who spent over a decade risking her life to attend church in Jerusalem From athletes to artists, teachers to translators, missionaries to mothers, and scientists to spies, the stories of these extraordinary Saints are sure to inspire any woman to follow her passion and embrace her destiny as a daughter of God.