Mary, Mother of Jesus (first century)
Anna: Prophetess (first century)
Sts. Martha and Mary of Bethany: Friends of Jesus (first century)
St. Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles (first century)
St. Marcella: Widow (325-410)
St. Clare of Assisi : Found of the Poor Clares (1193-1253)
St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Franciscan Queen (1207-1231)
St. Agnes of Bohemia: Princess and Abbess (1203-1280)
St. Angela Merici: Founder of the Ursulines (1474-1540)
St. Jeanne de Chantal : Co-founder of the Order of the Visitation (1572-1641)
St. Elizabeth Feodorovna: Martyr (1864-1918)
St. Josephine Bakhita: Ex-Slave and Nun (1869-1947)
St. Katherine Drexel: Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament ( 1858-1955)
Madeleine Delbrêl: Missionary and activist (1904-1964)
Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus: Founder of the Little Sisters of Jesus (1898-1989)
Mev Puleo: Witness of Solidarity (1963-1996)
Ade Bethune: Catholic worker artist (1914-2002)
Hagar the Egyptian: Slave Woman
The Samaritan Woman: Evangelist (first century)
The Anointer of Bethany (first century)
St. Monica: Widow (332-387)
Heloise: Abbess of the Convent of the Paraclete (1100-1164)
Bd. Angela of Foligno: Franciscan mystic (1248-1309)
Bd. Lydwina of Schiedam: Patron of sufferers (1380-1433)
Margery Kempe: Mystic and pilgrim (1373-1438?)
St. Catherine of Genoa: Mystic (1447-1510) St. Xenia of St.Petersburg: Holy Fool (late eighteenth century)
Cornelia Connelly: Founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus ( 1809-1879)
Maude Dominica Petre: Catholic modernist (1863-1942)
St. Edith Stein: Carmelite martyr (1891-1942)
Adrienne von Speyr: Mystic (1902-1967)
Mothers of the Disappeared (1977-1983)
Martyrs of El Mozote: El Salvador (d. 1981)
Jessica Powers: Carmelite poet (1905-1988)
Karla Faye Tucker: Penitent (1959-1998)
The Syrophoenician Woman: Faithful witness (first century)
The Woman with a Flow of Blood (first century)
St. Lydia: "Worshipper of God'' (first century)
St. Scholastica: Nun (d.543)
St. Dymphna: Martyr (d. 650?)
Mechthild of Magdeburg: Beguine mystic (1210?-1282?)
Bd. Margaret Ebner: Mystic (1291-1351)
Bd. Julian of Norwich: Mystic (1342-1416)
Emily Dickinson: Poet (1830-1886) St. Therese of Lisieux: Doctor of the Church (1873-1897)
Mary Slessor: Missionary (1848-1915)
Evelyn Underhill: Spiritual Guide (1875-1941)
Edel Quinn: Missionary of the Legion of Mary (1907-1944)
Anne Frank: Witness of the Holocaust (1929-1945)
Gabrielle Bossis: Mystic (1874-1950)
Martyrs of Birmingham (d. 1963)
Gladys Aylward: Missionary (1902-1970)
Sister Thea Bowman: African American Franciscan (1937-1990)
Rahab: Faithful prostitute
Mary and Elizabeth: Prophetic Mothers (first century)
Lady Godiva of Coventry: Defender of the poor (eleventh century)
St. Birgitta of Sweden: Mystic and prophet (1303-1373)
St. Joan of Arc: Maid of Orleans (1412?-1431)
St. Teresa of Avila: Mystic, Doctor of the Church (1515-1582)
Anne Hutchinson: Puritan prophet (1591-1643)
Sor Juana Inís de la Cruz: Poet and scholar (1651-1694)
Margaret Fell: Quaker (1614-1702)
Sarah Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Grimké (1805-1879): Abolitionists and feminists
Lucretia Mott: Abolitionist and feminist (1793-1880)
Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist preacher (1797-1883)
Pandita Ramabai: Indian Christian and reformer (1858-1922)
Mother Jones: Labor agitator (1830-1930)
Simone Weil: Philosopher and mystic (1909-1943)
Viola Liuzzo: Martyr for civil rights (1925-1965)
Fannie Lou Hamer: Prophet of freedom (1917-1977)
Catherine de Hueck Doherty: Founder of Madonna House (1896-1985)
St. Brigid of Ireland: Abbess of Kildare (c.450-525)
St. Mechtild of Hackeborn: Nun and mystic (1241-1298)
St. Louise de Marillac: Co-Founder of the Daughters of Charity (1591- 1660)
St. Joan Delanou: Founder of the Sisters of St. Anne of the Providence of Saumur (1666-1736)
Nano Nagle: Founder of the Presentation Sisters (1718-1784)
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: Founder of the Daughters of Charity of St. Josephy (1774-1821)
Elizabeth Fry: Quaker reformer (1780-1845)
Bd. Anne-Marie Javouhey: Founder, Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny (1779- 1851)
Bd. Jeanne Jugan: Founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor (1792-1879)
Florence Nightingale: Healer (1820-1910)
Harriet Tubman: Abolitionist (1820?-1913)
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini: Founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1850-1917)
Rose Hawthorne: Founder of the Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer (1851-1926)
St. Maria Skobtsova: Orthodox nun and martyr (1891-1945)
Caryll Houselander : Mystic (1901-1954)
Satoko Kitahara: "The Mary of Ants Town'' (1929-1958)
Maura O'Halloran: Christian Zen monk (1955-1982)
Corrie Ten Boom: Rescuer and witness (1892-1983)
Bd. (Mother) Teresa of Calcutta: Founder of the Missionaries of Charity (1910-1997)
St. Thecla of Iconium: Evangelist (first century)
St. Agnes: Virgin and Martyr (d.304?)
St. Catherine of Alexandria: Martyr (date unknown)
St. Hilda of Whitby: Abbess (610-680)
St. Christina of Markyate: Maiden of Christ (1097-1161)
St. Hildegard of Bingen: Abbess and visionary (1098-1179)
Beatrice of Nazareth: Mystic (1200-1268)
Hadewijch of Brabant: Beguine mystic (thirteenth century)
St. Gertrude the Great: Mystic (1253-1302)
Bd. Kateri Tekakwitha: "Lilly of the Mohawks'' (1656-1680)
Mother Ann Lee: Shaker (1736-1784)
St. Bernadette Soubirous: Visionary of Lourdes (1844-1879)
St. Maria Goretti: Martyr (1890-1902)
Etty Hillesum: Mystic of the Holocaust (1914-1943)
Mollie Rogers: Founder of the Maryknoll Sisters (1882-1955)
Raissa Maritain: Poet and contemplative (1883-1960)
Flannery O'Connor: Novelist (1925-1964)
Cassie Bernal: Witness of Columbine (1981-1999)
Daria Donnelly: Laywoman (1958-2004)
St. Catherine of Siena: Doctor of the Church (1347-1380)
St. Elizabeth of Portugal: Queen (1271-1336)
Ida B. Wells: Reformer (1862-1931)
Jane Addams: Social Reformer and Nobel Laureate (1860-1935)
Sophie Scholl and companions: Martyrs of the White Rose (d. 1943)
Kathe Kollwitz: Artist (1867-1945)
Muriel Lester: "Ambassador of Reconciliation'' (1884-1968)
Dorothy Day: Co-founder of the Catholic Worker (1897-1980)
Mirabehn: Servant of Peace (1892-1982)
Penny Lernoux: Journalist (1940-1989)
Eileen Egan: Peacemaker (1912-2000)
Dorothee Soelle: Theologian (1929-2003)
St. Blandina and companions: Martyrs of Lyons (177)
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity: Martyrs (d.203)
St. Crispina: Martyr (d.304)
Marguerite Porete: Beguine martyr (d.1310)
Anne Askew: Protestant martyr (1521-1546)
St. Margaret Clitherow: English Martyr (d.1586)
Mary Dyer: Quaker martyr (d. 1660)
Mary Ward: Founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1586- 1645)
Rebecca Nurse and companions: "Witches'' of Salem (1692)
Bd. (Mother) Theodore Guerin: Founder of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary of the Woods (1798-1856)
Bd. Mary McKillop: Founder of the Sisters of St.Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1842-1909)
Agneta Chang: Maryknoll Sister and nartyr (d. 1950)
Sister Alicia Domon: Martyr (d. 1977)
Maura Clarke and companions: Martyrs of El Salvador (d. 1980).
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