Dona Garcia
She took up residence with her family on the Grand Canal. Beatrice and her family continued to believe in Catholic faith even though they almost took up the Judaism. They continued practicing Catholic faith for strategic reasons. Beatrice and her family tried to influence Dona to practice Catholic faith, but she held her faith in Judaism. There was an increasingly moral threat in the homeland, and this made her leave her homeland and fled with her children to the Antwerp where they continuously practiced the Judaism faith. Between the years 1549 to 1553, she lived in Ferrara where she continued practicing Judaism. She is considered a staunch believer as she defended her faith and the Judaism at large. She is believed to have practiced her true faith and Duke Ercole d'Este gave her freedom to practice her true faith as well (Boulding, 2006). It is believed that Donna Garcia assisted Judaism religion in many ways. The primary important thing that she engaged in is to devote herself to the faith of Judaism. She is known to have devoted a lot of time to Judaism and through this, she defended her faith of believing in Judaism. In traditions of Judaism, she devoted herself to good works.
A notable thing that she undertook is to build good houses for Jews. These houses were used as a prayer and teaching centers by the Jewish believers. Furthermore, she was generous woman. Donna Garcia supported her fellow Jews in many ways. This was an important activity to her community. Furthermore, Dona Garcia belonged the Jewish Marranos group, and she fled to Portugal for the inquisition. She is a philanthropist and stateswoman who fought for the freedom of the Jewish women. In his poems, she dreamed about the return of Zion and she is believed to have stressed about it in Istanbul. Her work was important since it led to the return of Jews to the town of Tiberius. This was a city which was considered holy and the Jews prayed in it. She also brought them to Jerusalem, Hebron, and Safed, which were believed to be holy cities as well. These works are still remembered by the Jews even after she died in the year 1568 (D'Aluisio & Menzel, 2006).
Princess Ogla
Her husband Igor became the ruler of Kievan Rus after Oleg the ruler of Slavic tribe of Drevlyans died in the year 912, but after he demanded a higher pay from the Drevlyans, they killed him. Ogla became the ruler of the country when her son was three years old. She was given the full support of the Rus army. The army gave her full support because they considered her a woman of high respect. She is known to respect anybody and thus she also commanded respect from her community (Clinton et.al, 2003). Out of the four acts of vengeance, she dedicated one of them to her husband. Later on, she went to the land of Drevlyans where she had the feast in remembrance of her husband. In the feast, she made her enemies get drunk and then she ordered her army to kill them all. She was converted to Christianity as she was eager to serve God and her actions were pronounced. After becoming a Christian, the first thing she did was to bring Christian religion to the pagan society of Kievan Rus. She was then baptized in Constantinople between 955 and 957 as per the Primary Chronicles. Because of her faith in Christianity, majority of the people whom she ruled worried that she could lose respect from the army. For example her son Svyatoslav differed with her but she kept on encouraging him to join Christianity.
Furthermore, she had a great influence in her grandson Vladimir the Great, who in 1988, made Christianity official in Kievan Rus. She also made great attempts to cooperate with Byzantine and Roman Emperors so as to build a big Christian church. It is known that Kiev was attacked by Pechenegs who were believed to be semi-nomadic Turkic people. As a result of her wit and faith, Princess Ogla organized for the defense to counter the attack and the attackers were defeated. In the year 1969, she died, and Svyatoslav, her son, ordered her to be buried as per the Christian canons because of her staunch faith in Christianity. To honor her, in 1947, Orthodox Church announced Princess Ogla a saint who is equal to the apostles. Thus, she is remembered to be among the five women to be honored with this status.
Mother Teresa
Agnes was sent by Loreto to Calcutta India, and she arrived in the same place in 1929. She then joined the Loreto novitiate in Darjeeling where she made her first profession as a Loreto nun and later she changed her name to Mother Teresa. She taught in St. Mary's Bengali Medium school while still living in Calcutta. The most significant thing that she accomplished was to open her house for Aids patients as a "Gift of Love." This was a good example to other people and some years later, many U.S citizens followed suit and gave their buildings for HIV/AIDs patients. As a Christian, Mother Teresa traveled worldwide to open new houses that could host the poor and those who were suffering from HIV/AIDs (Teresa, & Kolodiejchuk, 2007). She opened new homes in countries such as South Africa, Cuba, Albania and the war-torn country of Iraq. It is known that Mother Teresa's state of health was becoming worse at this time and in 1997, after summer traveling to Rome, New York, and Washington, she made her return to Calcutta where she succumbed to death on 5th September, at Motherhouse.
Fanny Crosby
She worked as a mission officer and also loved poetry. Furthermore, she composed gospel songs. She was a member of Sixth Avenue Bible Baptist Church and wrote many hymn books with the pastor and other members of the church. Historically, she is a hymnist as she wrote more than eight thousand songs and gospel poems. She contributed majorly to her faith through the gospel songs that she composed (Clinton et.al, 2003). She also contributed immensely to the faith through her evangelical campaigns and works. Many of her songs are significant in the Christian setting.
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a New England religious leader and midwife. She was born in England in the year 1591 and later went to Massachusetts Bay Colony with Puritan Leader in 1634 where she brought attention in the Cotton Spirit-centered theology. She used to hold biweekly meetings to champion the Massachusetts people to become Protestants (Boulding, 2006). She is known to have contributed antinomian controversy immensely. She became a religious activist who made the Massachusetts people change their minds towards religious living. She also encouraged those who were calling themselves preachers to practice true Christianity and lead people towards pure salvation.
Khadija bit Khwaild
She is believed to be the first person to have an abiding faith in the prophet's utterances. She used to encourage people by telling them peace and blessings from Allah are abundant. After accepting Islam to be her religion, she made efforts to ensure that her community also become Islamic community. Through her hardworking nature, she preached the Islamic faith in different parts of the globe. She was honest, and this made other people respect her. She emulated the principled behavior of Prophet Mohammed. Through her integrity, she was given the responsibility to lead the training of the business people in her community. She used this responsibility to spread further the Islamic religion.
Aish Bint Aby Baker
She had a crucial role in early Islamic history during the life of Prophet Mohammad and after he died. She is believed to be scholarly and inquisitive. Through this skill, she spread the Mohammad's message to many regions worldwide. She is believed to have served the Muslim community for over 44 years. She fought against the assassination of Muslims such as the assassination of Ali. She gave speeches on the consequences of assassinations and its implications on the Islamic faith.
References
Boulding, E. (2006). The underside of history: A view of women through time. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Clinton, H. R., & Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. (2003). Living history. New York: Simon & Schuster.
D'Aluisio, F., & Menzel, P. (2006). Women in the material world. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.
Teresa, & Kolodiejchuk, B. (2007). Mother Teresa: Come be my light: the private writings of the "Saint of Calcutta". New York: Doubleday.
