"A Zondervan publication"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index.

Part I. Ministry problems. Reluctant missionaries: Serving without a commitment or call (Dorothy Carey, Mary Livingstone) -- Ministries cut short: Disease, persecution, and premature death (Ann Hasseltine Judson, Elizabeth Freeman) -- Paying the highest price: Losing little ones (Maria Taylor, Rosalind Goforth) -- Second-class citizens: Struggling with sex discrimination (Charlotte "Lottie" Moon, Carie Sydenstricker, J. Hudson Taylor) -- Sin in the camp: Internal dissension and discord (Narcissa Whitman, Jennie Faulding and Emily Blatchley, Martha Crawford) -- Part II. Ministry opportunities. A woman's place: Support efforts behind the scenes (Mary Webb, Mary Lyon) -- High level leadership: Founding and directing a mission society (Anne Marie Jahouhey, Eliza Davis George) -- Weeping over the cities: The call of urban ministries (Sarah Doremus, Emma Whittemore) -- To the regions beyond: Exploration and pioneer work (Mary Slessor, Mildred Cable) -- The world my parish: Church planting and preaching (Eleanor Macomber, Sue McBeth, Malla Moe, Fredrik Franson) -- Mobilizing the masses: Organization and training on the home front (Annie Armstrong, Helen Barrett Montgomery, Henrietta Soltau) -- Helping "heathen" sisters: Women's work for women (Adele
Fielde, Charlotte Tucker, Margaret King, Jessie Gregg) -- Reccuing the unwanted: Orphanages and children's work (Amy Carmichael, Lillian Thrasher) -- Quickening minds for Christ: Educational ministries (Isabella Thoburn, Pandita Ramabai) -- Angels of mercy: Health and humanitarian services (Eleanor Chestnut, Ida Scudder, Lilian Hammer) --God's word in every tongue: Bible translation and linguistics (Eunice Pike, Marianna Slocum, Marilyn Laslo) -- Part III. Ministry challenges. Onward Christian soldiers: Preaching the gospel in enemy territory (Mabel Francis, A.B. Simpson, Gladys Aylward, Betty Olsen) -- Developing new ideas: Missiology and mission strategy (Constance Padwick, B.V. Subbamma, Joy Ridderhof) -- The power of the pen: Missionary writing (Elisabeth Elliot, Isobel Kuhn) -- Double duty: Marriage and team ministry (Ruth and Roy Shaffer, Lillian and Jim Dickson, Pat and Stan Dale) -- Heartbreaking separations: Juggling motherhood and ministry (Evelyn Brand, Dorie Van Stone) -- Solitary success: Capitalizing on singleness (Maude Cary, Helen Roseveare) -- Signs and wonders: Power encounter and the charismatic gifts (Evelyn Quema, Mildred Larsen) -- Picking up the mantle: Outreach by non-western women (Rosario Rivera, Sawa Kim, Mother Teresa).