Year 8 Religious Education
AMAZING WOMEN
INTRODUCTION
This guide has been created to support the Year 8 RE research task on Amazing Women.
It will link you to a variety of sources of information to help you with your research.
Locating information using this guide will save you time and help you to practice locating sources of information from a Library. There are many great resources that your MLC Library provides that are not freely available on the internet, such as books, ebooks, Encyclopedia Britannica articles, a selection of video titles and magazine articles.
Created by: Ms Bright | Last updated: August 24, 2023
SEARCH THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Most of the books about Biblical times are in the 220 section of the Non-fiction shelves.
General bibliographical works about women are located in the 920 section.
Search the MLC Library Catalogue for available resources.
Try a broad ‘Subject’ search or ‘All fields’ search:
Women in the Bible
Women – Biography
Women – History
Women
Or try a narrow search using your specific name.
Filter the results by the option on the left to non-fiction to find books, ebooks, videos and websites.
Remember, for some books you will need to use the contents and index of the books to check if the book is relevant for your topic.
BOOKS AND eBOOKS
MLC Library
Click this link to locate some recommended library books/ ebooks relevant to this task:
Important: To access ebooks in the list, make sure you have logged in to the Library’s Online Catalogue first. Your name needs to appear in the upper right hand corner. Then you can access eBooks by clicking on the title and the URL link. i.e “Open PDF eBook”
External Website
As extension, or if you are still requiring information after searching the other resources in this guide, you could also try using Open Library to search for and access older print material that has been digitised. You will need to create a free account to loan items.
eRESOURCES
Search the following eResources:
Britannica EncyclopediaSearch for your selected person. And if you click on the ‘Relevant’ tab you will be given a list of the ‘Web’s Best Sites’
ClickViewSearch Clickview to see if there are any videos on your selected person. Or take a look at this video playlist to see if there is a video of your selected person
Search for your selected person and access a range of ebooks.
WEBSITES and ARTICLES
Here are a selection of websites and/or articles to use.
Note: The articles with this icon are not freely available on the internet.
Women in the Bible
There are links to 20 women of the Bible in this website.
Use the search funtion to find links to Old Testament women such as Hannah and Abigail.
World History Encyclopedia: Women of the New Testament
Women since the Bible
Gladys Aylward – Missionary
Heroes of the Faith: Gladys Aylward
The True Story of Gladys Aylward, Missionary to China
Corrie ten Boom – sheltering Jews in WWII
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Corrie ten Boom
Catherine Booth – Co-founder of the Salvation Army
Spartacus Educational: Catherine Booth
Internet Archive – Librivox recording of Catherine Booth by Mildred Duff
Fanny Crosby – writer of hymns
Heroes of the Faith: Fanny Crosby
The History of Missiology: Fanny Crosby
Joni Eareckson Tada – living with a disability
Elisabeth Elliot – Missionary
Heroes of the Faith: Elisabeth Elliot
Betty Greene – MAF pilot
Heroes of the Faith: Betty Greene
Bethany Hamilton – American surfer
Mahalia Jackson – American gospel singer
Women since the Bible
Hannah More – writer and educator of the poor
Heroes of the Faith: Hannah More
Florence Nightingale – nurse and social reformer 
Rosa Parks – American civil rights activist
National Women’s History Museum
Heroes of the Faith: Rosa Parks
Pandita Ramabai -Indian social reformer
Heroes of the Faith: Pandita Ramabai
The History of Missiology: Pandita Ramabai
Helen Roseveare – Missionary
Heroes of the Faith: Helen Roseveare
Betsey Stockton – American educator and missionary
The Princeton and Slavery Project
Katherina von Bora – wife of the German reformer Martin Luther
Heroes of the Faith: Katharina von Bora
Jennifer Wiseman – Astronomer
Science & Faith — Dr. Jennifer Wiseman [Video]
ABC Listen [Broadcast]
Mother Teresa – Nun
The Nobel Prize: Mother Teresa biography
Queen Elizabeth II – Former Queen of the United Kingdom
REFERENCING
Creating a referencing list (or bibliography) is important for any research task. You demonstrate academic integrity when you acknowledge where you got your information from, and a reference list is one step to help you to avoid plagiarism.
The format used at MLC is APA 7.
You must ensure you have the following information for each source of information your use:
Author
Date
Title
Source details (i.e. publisher or URL)
Try using Citefast to help you create your Reference List (i.e. bibliography).
or the SLASA Online Referencing Generator
However, Citefast will automate the formatting for you.
The MLC Referencing Guide provides more details and should be referred to so to help you learn how each type of source of information should be referenced.