These Female Saints Prove Women’s Equality

By Maria Bohan

Women are capable leaders, valuable thinkers, and worthy of being heard.

We celebrate them and their achievements on August 26, National Women’s Equality Day.

These female saints demonstrate that women are more than capable of doing God’s work.

1. St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine was a Dominican tertiary and Doctor of the Church. She visited hospitals and the homeless, spoke out about the need for Church reform, helped bring the Pope back to Rome, and started a monastery for women in Sienna. She was a woman of great drive and intelligence who impacted the Church forever.

2. St. Joan of Arc

At age 13, Saints Catherine, Michael, and Margaret appeared to Joan and told her that she must push the English off French lands. Joan fought initial skepticism and eventually won over the French military leaders. Joan’s divinely-given advice motivated the actions of the French army. A truce was quickly broken between the countries, and when Joan went to help the French defense, she was captured by the English and eventually sentenced to death. Throughout the terrible ordeal, Joan never lost her faith in God and God’s divine plan.

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