Gold Rush Women
- 130 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Read about the daring women of the Yukon during the gold rushes between the 1880s and early 1900s, and learn about the unique contributions each woman made.
Claire Rudolf Murphy Books
Claire Rudolf Murphy is the author of fourteen books for children. A former middle and high school teacher, she now teaches in the Master of Fine Arts program at Hamline University. Her lifelong passion for history infuses her work, bringing the past to life for young readers with engaging narratives. Murphy focuses on making her stories both informative and compellingly readable.
Daughters of the Desert
Stories of Remarkable Women from Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
How would the most cherished stories of Christianity, Judaism and Islam be different if women were the active central figures? This ground-breaking collection of short stories brings to life the women―daring, brave, thoughtful and wise―who played important and exciting roles in the early days of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Join Esther as she stands against injustice and her king to save her people, Aisha as she leads hundreds of men into terrifying battle and Mary as she and Elizabeth dream of the new lives growing inside them. How must Sarah have felt, turning Hagar out into the desert? And how must Hagar have felt, traveling from the safety and security of Abraham's land toward an uncertain future? These stories invite us to come to know and appreciate the struggles and triumphs of these women―mothers, daughters, believers and seekers.