This two-volume set examines women's contributions to religious and moral development in America, covering individual women, their faith-related organizations, and women's roles and experiences in the broader social and cultural contexts of their times.

• Introduces readers to hundreds of women who became leaders within various religious faiths and denominations, including many who founded religious sects and organizations

• Provides an understanding of women's developing roles in American religious culture, which continue to the present day

• Enables readers to gain an understanding of the broad range of religions, approaches to religion, and attitudes toward religion in the United States

• Documents how life's experiences can shape one's spiritual life and future development

• Includes a timeline of the issues facing women that marks changing societal attitudes and individual women's accomplishments across history