When Others Shuddered Eight Women Who Refused to Give Up

by Janosz, Jamie

• ISBN13: 9780802410788
• ISBN10: 0802410782
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-02-01
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

When Others Shuddered: Eight Women Who Refused to Give Up is the story of eight women called to serve God and who, in doing so, changed the world. They lived at the turn of the century, rubbing shoulders with the well-known men of their time, like John Rockefeller, Marshall Field, and Dwight Lyman Moody.

These women—Fanny Crosby, Mary McLeod Bethune, Nettie McCormick, Sarah Dunn Clarke, Emma Dryer, Virginia Asher, Evangeline Booth, and Amanda Berry Smith—were unique. They were single and married, black and white, wealthy and poor, beautiful and plain, mothers and childless. Yet, each felt called to make a difference and to do something—to meet a pressing need in her world.

These women wanted to live lives less ordinary. Their stories inspire us to follow God’s calling in our own lives. They teach us that each individual person can make a difference. These eight women will show you how God can use your life to change the world.

Author Biography

JAMIE JANOSZ is a wife, mother, writer, and associate professor of Communications at Moody Bible Institute in downtown Chicago. She studied theology and writing at Moody Bible Institute, Columbia College, and Illinois State University. Jamie has written monthly devotionals for Today in the Word and published non-fiction essays with newspapers and online magazines. In her off hours, you will most likely find her poking through antique shops, adding to her collections of old books, mid-century furniture, and vintage purses. Jamie and her husband Milt have been married 21 years. They live with their daughter Sabrina in the suburbs of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Chapter 1: They Refused to Give Up
Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)
Chapter 2: Longings of a Blind Girl
Chapter 3: Learning and Love
Chapter 4: Hymns and Heaven
"Emma" Emeline E Dryer (1835-1925)
Chapter 5: Typhoid Fever and God's Call to Service.
Chapter 6: The Chicago Fire Brings a Fresh Start
Chapter 7: Building a Bible School
Chapter 8: Women and Education
"Nettie" Nancy (Fowler) McCormick (1835-1923)
Chapter 9: Love and Marriage
Chapter 10: Tremendous Riches and Devastating Loss
Chapter 11: The Wealthiest Woman in Chicago
Sarah Dunn Clarke (1835-1918)
Chapter 12: A Life of Privilege
Chapter 13: Mother of the Mission
Chapter 14: To Win One Soul
Amanda Smith (1837-1915)
Chapters 15: Finding Freedom
Chapter 16: From Camp Meetings to Africa
Chapter 17: Caring for Chicago's Orphans
Chapter 18: Women and Missions
Virginia Asher (1869-1937)
Chapter 19: Women at the World's Fair
Chapter 20: The Fate of Fallen Women
Chapter 21: A Light for All Women
Evangeline Booth (1865-1950)
Chapter 22: Called to Serve
Chapter 23: San Francisco and Soapy Smith
Chapter 24: The World for God
Chapter 25: Women and Politics
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
Chapter 26: Longing to Learn
Chapter 27: Florida: The New Africa
Chapter 28: A Legacy of Hope
Chapter 29: Being That Kind of Woman
Discussion Questions