This book is a pioneering work of feminist scholarship, exploring the role of women in early Christianity. The author, Susette Harriet Smith, was an American theologian and educator who believed that women had played a far more significant role in the development of Christianity than was commonly acknowledged. Smith's book provides a detailed examination of the lives and contributions of female Christian figures from the first three centuries of the Common Era.

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