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Women of Courage

by Donna Kafer
©2007 by Bridge-Logos

Gardens of Grace, a new series, presents compelling biographies of great women in the history of Christendom whose devotion to God changed our world. In this first book, Women of Courage, the inspiring lives of 23 women demonstrate how God's grace empowered them to endure trials and hardships, grow in faith and bear beautiful fruit for God's kingdom. For the next several biography issues of Pages and Tunes, I would like to highlight some of these extraordinary women.

Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in New York in 1797, the daughter of slaves. She was sold many times. Isabella’s third master married her to an older slave named Thomas, and they had five children, several of whom were sold by their cruel master. When Isabella ran away from her owner, she and her infant were taken in by a kind Quaker family.

Isabella’s mother had taught her about God and the love of Jesus, and this knowledge is what sustained her. In 1843 she changed her named to Sojourner Truth, and she left New York to travel and spread the gospel. In Connecticut she met great abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. With Garrison’s able assistance, Sojourner published her autobiography—The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: a Northern Slave—in 1850. This provided some income and increased her speaking engagements, launching her career as a crusader and lecturer on abolition and women’s rights.

In 1867 Sojourner addressed the first annual meeting of the American Equal Rights Association. She worked tirelessly all her life to help others know God’s truth, and the freedom He intends for all His children.

PATTY KENNEDY is assistant web content editor for the national Women’s Ministries Department. She also writes book and music reviews for Pages and Tunes, a free e-newsletter provided by the national Women’s Ministries Department.

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