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• Women in Christianity -- Periodicals
• Monasticism and religious orders for women
• Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
• Women missionaries

• Freeing the Feminine (1985), by Elspeth Strachan and Gordon Strachan (HTML at womenpriests.org)
• Escogidas Plantas: Nuns and Beatas in Mexico City, 1531-1601 (c2002), by Jacqueline Zuzann Holler (illustrated HTML and PDF with commentary at gutenberg-e.org)
• Womens Speaking Justified, Proved, and Allowed of by the Scriptures (London, 1666), by Margaret Fell (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The Importance of Religion to Woman (1875), by Annie Rollo Stagg (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Place and Work of Women in the Church (1877), by John Munro (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Religion of Woman: An Historical Study (London: Watts and Co., 1908), by Joseph McCabe, contrib. by Florence Dixie
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity (Dallas: Spence Pub. Co, 1999), by Leon J. Podles (PDF files with commentary at podles.org)

• The Role of Women in Early Christianity (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1982), by Jean Laporte (HTML at womenpriests.org)
• Women of Early Christianity (Woman in All Ages and in All Countries v3; Philadelphia: G. Barrie and Sons, c1907), by Alfred Brittain and Mitchell Carroll, contrib. by Joseph Cullen Ayer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Woman Under Monasticism: Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life Between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1896), by Lina Eckenstein (HTML at Wisconsin)

• Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany (c2008), by Erika Lauren Lindgren (HTML and PDF files at gutenberg-e.org)

• Medieval English Nunneries, c. 1275 to 1535 (Cambridge, UK: At the University press, 1922), by Eileen Power
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• The Way of Perfection, by Saint Teresa of Avila, trans. by E. Allison Peers (multiple formats at CCEL)

• Heathen Woman's Friend (partial serial archives)

• Women of the Cell and Cloister (London: Methuen and Co., c1913), by Ethel Rolt-Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Life of Mary Ward (1585-1645) (2 volumes; London: Burns and Oates, 1882-1885), by Mary Catharine Elizabeth Chambers, ed. by Henry James Coleridge
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal: Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never Before Published (New York: De Witt & Davenport, c1855), by Maria Monk
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text
• Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal : Revised, With an Appendix Containing, Part I. Reception of the First Editions. Part II. Sequel of Her Narrative. Part III. Review of the Case : Also, a Supplement, Giving More Particulars of the Nunnery and Grounds (New York: M. Monk, 1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, Or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed, Illustrated With Upwards of Forty Engravings (Manchester, England: Milner and Company, ca.1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Affidavit of Maria Monk's Mother (ca. 1835), by Isabella Mills (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal : Revised, With an Appendix Containing, Part I. Reception of the First Editions. Part II. Sequel of Her Narrative. Part III. Review of the Case : Also, a Supplement, Giving More Particulars of the Nunnery and Grounds (New York: M. Monk, 1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, Or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed, Illustrated With Upwards of Forty Engravings (Manchester, England: Milner and Company, ca.1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Further Disclosures By Maria Monk, Concerning the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal Also, Her Visit to Nuns' Island, and Disclosures Concerning That Secret Retreat: Preceded By a Reply to the Priests' Book (New York: Pub. for M. Monk, 1837), by Maria Monk and John Jay Slocum (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal: Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never Before Published (New York: De Witt & Davenport, c1855), by Maria Monk
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text
• Maria Monk's Daughter: An Autobiography (New York: United States Pub. Co., 1875), by L. St. John Eckel Harper (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The True History of Maria Monk (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1895) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The White Sister, by F. Marion Crawford (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Escogidas Plantas: Nuns and Beatas in Mexico City, 1531-1601 (c2002), by Jacqueline Zuzann Holler (illustrated HTML and PDF with commentary at gutenberg-e.org)

• The Beguines and Beghards in Medieval Culture, With Special Emphasis on the Belgian Scene (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1954), by Ernest William McDonnell (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Hidden Life: Hagiographic Essays, Meditations, Spiritual Texts, by Edith Stein (HTML in Austria)

• Freaks of Fanaticism, and Other Strange Events (London: Methuen and Co., 1891), by S. Baring-Gould
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Daughters of the Cross: or, Woman's Mission, by Daniel C. Eddy
  • page images at MOA
  • Gutenberg text
• Memoirs of British Female Missionaries; With a Survey of the Condition of Women in Heathen Countries (London: W. Smith, 1841), by Thomas Timpson, contrib. by Jemima Luke (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Medical Work of the Woman's Foreign Mission Society: Methodist Episcopal Church (Boston: Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1888), by Annie Ryder Gracey (page images at Drexel)
• Woman and Her Saviour in Persia, by Thomas Laurie
  • page images at MOA
  • Gutenberg text

• Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa, 1763-2004: A Comprehensive English-Language Bibliography, by Davis Bullwinkle (HTML at africabib.org)

• Clara A. Swain, M. D.: First Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient (c1912), by Robert Hoskins (page images at Drexel)
• Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Emily York, Formerly Miss S.E. Waldo, Missionary in Greece, by R. B. Medbery (page images at MOA)

• The Lives of Mrs. Ann H. Judson and Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, With a Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Emily C. Judson, Missionaries to Burmah (Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, 1851), by Arabella M. Willson, contrib. by Emily C. Judson
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA

• Reminiscences of My Life in Persia (1909), by Mary Jewett (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Lives of Mrs. Ann H. Judson and Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, With a Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Emily C. Judson, Missionaries to Burmah (Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, 1851), by Arabella M. Willson, contrib. by Emily C. Judson
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA

• Memoir of Mrs. Sarah D. Comstock, Missionary to Arracan (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, c1854), by Amanda M. Edmond (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)

• My Life Among the Bluejackets (second edition; London: J. Nisbet and Co., 1909), by Agnes Weston (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Reminiscences of My Life in Persia (1909), by Mary Jewett (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Gender and Mission Encounters in Korea: New Women, Old Ways (Berkeley et al.: University of California Press, c2009), by Hyaeweol Choi (HTML with commentary at UC Press)

• Clara A. Swain, M. D.: First Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient (c1912), by Robert Hoskins (page images at Drexel)

• A Glimpse of India: Being a Collection of Extracts from the Letters of Dr. Clara A. Swain (New York: James Pott and Company, 1909), by Clara A. Swain (page images at Drexel)

• Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Emily York, Formerly Miss S.E. Waldo, Missionary in Greece, by R. B. Medbery (page images at MOA)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Selfish Young Man: An Honest Look at Christ and Christianity, Plus Other Selected Essays (2004), by David Allan (multiple formats at archive.org)
• My Quest for Reality (Wellesley, MA: The author, 1952), by Vida Dutton Scudder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Passing on the Faith: Transforming Traditions for the Next Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims (New York: Fordham University Press, 2006), ed. by James Heft (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• The Common Life (London: J. Clarke and Co., 1904), by J. Brierley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907), by John Henry Newman (HTML at newmanreader.org)
• Earlham Lectures: 1. A Compend of Christian Doctrine; 2. The Ritualistic Law and its Antitype in Christ; 3. History of Christianity to Constantine (Richmond, IN: Nicholson and Bro., 1885), by Barnabas C. Hobbs (illustrated HTML and page images at Indiana)
• The Heart of Christianity (2 volumes; Philadelphia and Brantford: Bradley-Garretson Co., 1907), by T. S. Linscott
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Immanuel or Christian Realism: A Verbatim Report of the Ridell Lectures on "Science and Religion", "From Nature to Nature's God", "Brain Building and Soul Growth", "From Adam to Christ", "God, Faith, and Prayer", "The World's Redemption", and "The Higher Life" (Chicago: Child of Light Pub. Co., c1906), by N. N. Riddell (page images at HathiTrust)
• In His Image, by William Jennings Bryan (Gutenberg text)
• Iola: or, Facing the Truth (Raleigh: Press of Edwards, Broughton and Co., 1886), by J. Pressley Barrett (HTML and page images at ecu.edu)
• New Star Papers: or, Views and Experiences of Religious Subjects, by Henry Ward Beecher (page images at MOA)
• A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Higher and Middle Classes in This Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity (Dublin: Printed by R. Draper for B. Dugdale, 1797), by William Wilberforce (Gutenberg text and page images)
• A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Higher and Middle Classes in This Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity (6th edition, corrected; London: Printed by T. Cadell, Jr., and W. Davies, 1798), by William Wilberforce
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Warriors, by Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (Gutenberg text)
• Abrahamic Faiths, Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflicts (1997), ed. by Paul Peachey, George F. McLean, and John Kromkowski (PDF at crvp.org)
• Essays, Critical and Historical (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907), by John Henry Newman
  • volume I: HTML at newmanreader.org
  • volume II: HTML at newmanreader.org
• Faith, and The Faith (Louisville: Baptist Book Concern, c1906), by T. T. Eaton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jesus and the Intellectual, by Bill Bright
  • HTML at cru.org
  • PDF at cru.org
• Lies! (New York: G. H. Doran Co., ca. 1921), by Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Religion of Experience: An Examination of Some of the Difficulties of Christian Faith (London: Headley Bros., ca. 1918), by Edward Grubb
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Mystical Chorus: Jung and the Religious Dimension, by Donald Broadribb, contrib. by Marilyn Holly and Norma Lyons (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• The New Evangelism and Other Papers, by Henry Drummond (multiple formats at CCEL)

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