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Seven Women
Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness | Eric Metaxas
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A beautiful gift edition of this instant classic exclusively for graduates, with a special letter from Eric Metaxas to those entering the next phase of lifes journey. What makes a great woman great? In Seven Women, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas provides an answer by telling the captivating stories of seven women who changed the course of history and impacted the world in astonishing ways. Teenaged Joan of Arc heard Gods command and led the French army to a mighty victory over the British. Susanna Wesley, the mother of nineteen children, gave the world its most significant evangelist and its greatest hymn-writer, her sons John and Charles. Corrie ten Boom risked her life to hide Dutch Jews from the Nazis in World War II and somehow survived the horrors of a concentration camp, but her greatest feat was her forgiveness of her tormentors years later. And Rosa Parkss God-given sense of justice and unshakable dignity helped launch the twentieth centurys greatest social movement. Seven Women reveals how the extraordinary women profiled here achieved their greatness, inspiring readers to lives propelled by a call beyond themselves.
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hwestfall
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I enjoyed this book about seven great women in history. There were some that I knew a little about but a couple I didn't know at all. It was an easy read with a good overview of each person's life story.

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hwestfall
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I am going to a conference next week and Eric Metaxas is going to be the key note speaker. I have read one of his books already and wanted to sneak one more in before I leave. This book has Joan of Arc, Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Saint Maria of Paris, Corrie ten Boom, Rosa Parks and Mother Teresa.

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parasolofdoom

Hello littens! A good friend if mine has been looking for audiobook bios of successful, strong women and wasn't enamored of this title. Anyone have recommendations for books she can try instead?

#biographies #womeninleadership

parasolofdoom @Sydsavvy oh my gosh, I can't believe I didn't think of that! I did read that too a couple years ago. 7y
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Sydsavvy And finally, I think this counts, too! 7y
parasolofdoom @Sydsavvy thank you! Messaging her now 🤗 7y
parasolofdoom @Sydsavvy I don't think she's read either of those yet. I know she usually likes motivational sort of things (honestly not my forte so I turned to you guys) and is very interested in self-improvement and achieving goals. 7y
Sydsavvy Perfect, I think they all work! 😎 7y
Sydsavvy Let me tell you just one more, since you mentioned motivational, she self published this and it's so very motivational! 7y
parasolofdoom @Sydsavvy Thanks! I really appreciate it (and so does Amber!) I figure I ought to use my resources to help her out since I'm knee-deep in bookternet all day 😂. 7y
parasolofdoom @Sydsavvy you got her pegged, she said she loves 5 Second Rule! 7y
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"Montgomery had 18 black-owned cab companies, and to help people who had a long bus ride to work, they all agreed to pick up black passengers at the city's bus stops and to charge only the amount of bus fare." From Rosa Parks' chapter. Those same cab drivers were later arrested for not charging the full fare.

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“Each era has the fatal hubris to believe that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible.”

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