Swan, Laura <br/><br/>
The Forgotten Desert Mothers   Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women 

 - New York  Paulist Press  2001 
 - 218p 
<br/><br/> includes index and biblioraphy 
<br/><br/>The world of the desert mothers..........5  Desert spirituality .........20  The saying of the desert mothers...........32  Bright stars in the desert sky: Lesser known desert mothers .............71  Deaconessess of the early church .........106  Mentors of the monastic way: Communities adn their leaders ....127   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0809140160     1990 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in Christianity<br/>Monastic & Religious Life of Women
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>C27.5  / SW241