Alabaster Doves Book Summary

By Jessica, 14

Alabaster Doves is a non-fiction book by Linda Holland. It is full of true stories about real women whose lives were lead by their God-given strength and gentleness. In this book you will meet eight heroines who died to self every day of their lives. These women wholly knew how to be godly women. They were not perfect, these women of the past, but they are great heroines for both women and girls.

    The Civil war officially started in 1861 and did not end until 1865. During that period of time, thousands of Yankee boys died dying before even tasting battle because of the lack of food, disease, unsanitary situations, and bad weather. Mary Ann Bickerdyke (1817- 1901) was know as “Mother” to soldier boys in the North because of her daring and unselfish care for them during their time of crisis.

    Mary McLeod Bethune (1875)-(1955) rose up out of her poverty and received an education through hard work. After graduating from her local black school and two Christian colleges, she provided educational opportunities for black girls in the South, even while being threatened by the Ku Klux Klan.

    After only just recently receiving Jesus Christ as her Savior, young mother, Vibia Perpetua (181)- (203), died a martyr’s death in a North African arena, and set an example that would one day lead thousands of people all over the world to Jesus Christ.

    Even in the U.S. Donaldina Cameron (1869)-(1968) bravely rescued over 3,000 children from the Chinese Slave Market in Chinatown, San Francisco.

    After she married, Mary Smith Moffat (1795)-(1870) and her husband moved to South Africa to be missionaries. Mary worked hard to support her husband buy giving him a home, taking care of her many children, and loving the “worthless” local children, and earning the respect from the natives.

    The daughter of Mary Smith Moffat, Mary Moffat Livingstone (1820)-(1862) married a man whose one life goal was to clear a road that would lead to more missions in Africa. Mary Moffat died to self everyday of her life, sacrificing everything, even her and her children’s health so that her husband could reach his goal.

    The saying goes; “behind every great man is a woman.” The woman behind Martin Luther was Katherine von Bora Luther (1499)-(1552). After escaping from a convent, she married Martin Luther. She spent the rest of her life serving her husband and children without the presence of self.

    One of Normagene Pool Lovo (1924)-(1985) daughters was Linda Lovo Holland: the author of this remarkable book. Normagene left her children an image of what it looks like to pursue God with all of your heart.