When Eleanor Workman arrived in Haiti almost 30 years ago, people laughed at her. She was 51 at the time and everyone said she was too old to make a difference. "They told me I'd come too late," she recalls. But Eleanor persevered. Convinced that God was calling her to care for Haiti's orphans, the award-winning choir director and singer gave...

Born in the Dutch settlement of Ulster County, Sojourner was named "Isabella" by her slave parents. She was sold for the first time at an auction when she was probably about nine years old. Isabella spoke Dutch as child and never learned to read and write. Though she learned to speak English later in life, she continued to speak with a Dutch accent. Isabella...

Born: Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England 1829 The daughter of a coachbuilder, Catherine Mumford was a woman of considerable social conscience. When she met William Booth in 1852, she was pleased with and shared his commitment to "loosing the chains of injustice, freeing the captive and oppressed, sharing food and home, clothing the naked, and carrying...

Comedian Michael Richards—“Kramer” on TV’s Seinfeld—saw his racist tirade at African-American hecklers ignite a firestorm. Mel Gibson, whose earlier anti-Semitic rant made headlines, said he felt compassion for Richards.{1} Lots of people have dark sides. Maybe everyone. Maybe you. I do. Remember Susan Hawk? Her infamous diatribe...