It can be challenging to find Christian role models for girls, so looking beyond present day can fill in some of the void we feel in our culture.  Hebrews 6:2 and 13:7 guide us to be imitators of church leaders who are more mature than us.  The biographies and autobiographies are of women who are worth imitating as you teach your daughters how to follow God.

Biographies

• Ann Judson: My Heart in His Hands
• Susanna Wesley: There are many books on her, so look around for what best fits your interests
• Sarah Edwards (in conjunction with Jonathan): Marriage to a Difficult Man
• Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman
• Margaret Charlton (Richard Baxter’s wife): A Grief Sanctified
• Faith Cook: Troubled Journey
• Feminine Threads: Walks through a study of Christian women throughout history
• Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God: Noel Piper covers five women (Sarah Edwards, Lilias Trotter, Gladys Aylward, Esther Ahn Kim, and Helen Roseveare) who had an impact on the world
• Lightkeepers 10 Girls series: This is a collection of five books with ten short biographies each of Christian women who did amazing things because of their faith including missionaries, maryters and others who used their secular calling (writers) to impact the world.  Highly recommended for ages 5-10

Autobiographies

Autobiographies of Christian women are difficult to come by.  Most have been written in the past 50 years and are from people with little historicial significance other then being famous for a few years.  This isn’t surprising given that women were not given similar opportunities to men until recently.

• Corrie Ten Boom: The Hiding Place
• Helen Keller: The Story of My Life
• Amy Carmichael: Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India and God’s Missionary
• Ester Ahn Kim: If I Perish
• Sabina Wurmbrand: The Pastor’s Wife
• Bilquis Sheikh: I Dared to Call Him Father

Some books on the list are from Recommended Biographies