The definitive biography of a woman born into a deeply fanatical environment in nineteenth-century Persia, who spent her life denouncing the second-class status of women and who sacrificed her life for her beliefs.
A captivating biography of Patricia Locke, a Lakota Indian, who dedicated her life to righting injustices on behalf of indigenous peoples, as well as all of humanity.
This groundbreaking work uncovers a piece of history that until now has gone unwritten-the role played by Black people in the emergence of the Bahá'í Faith in North America.
In the tradition of Joseph Campbell, these stories employ many of the moral virtues found in every religion. The heroes in each tale strive to reshape and improve the world around them, showing the qualities of the heroic female spirit at work.