This group course consists of an introduction and four weeks of content. You will invest anywhere between three to five hours each week to complete activities with a group of participants who watch short instructional videos, converse on lively forums, and complete online reflections, quizzes, discussions, and reading assignments. The course textbook is provided for you in PDF format. The group facilitator will provide you with each week’s lessons and interact with you during the course.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to Women Leaders from the Past

  • 2

    Course Overview and Resources

    • Course Overview (with syllabus)

    • Video Overview

    • Reference: List of 25 women leaders you will study in this course

    • Course Textbook in PDF Format

    • Reading Assignment

    • Book Survey (after reading the introduction)
  • 3

    Week 1: Women Leaders Who Spread the Gospel

    • Week 1: Overview

    • Hephzibah Jenkins

    • Betsey Stockton

    • Lottie Moon

    • Annie Armstrong

    • Reading Assignment

    • Reflect on Sharing the Gospel

    • Challenges when single and when married
  • 4

    Week 2: Women Leaders Who Worked for Social Justice

    • Week 2: Overview

    • Social Justice Survey

    • Book Assignment : Chapters 5-8

    • Frances Willard

    • Pandita Ramabai

    • Harriet Tubman

    • Fannie E. S. Heck
  • 5

    Week 3: Women Leaders Who Used Their Talents

    • Week 3: Overview

    • Using your talents survey

    • Book Assignment : Chapters 9-13

    • Susanna Wesley

    • Anne Steele

    • Ida Scudder

    • Eliza Davis
  • 6

    Week 4: Women Leaders Who Overcame Obstacles

    • Week 4: Overview

    • Book Assignment : Chapters 14-End of Book

    • Dorothy Hazzard

    • Mary Webb and Helen Keller

    • Nannie Helen Burroughs

    • Discrimination Survey

    • Corrie Ten Boom
  • 7

    Next Steps...

    • Conclusion

    • The Last Assignment!

    • End of Course Survey

    • Congratulations!!

    • CWLC Copyright

Course Facilitator

Susan Hodnett