title: The One Year Book of Devotions for Women
author:  Jill Briscoe 
description: A native of Liverpool, England, <b>Jill Briscoe</b> launched into youth evangelism after becoming a Christian at age 18. She married her husband, Stuart, in 1958, and since then they have ministered together through Telling the Truth media ministries at conferences and mission organizations around the world. They reside in suburban Milwaukee, WI, where Stuart has just completed 30 years of ministry as Senior Pastor of Elmbrook Church. Both Stuart and Jill now serve Elmbrook as Ministers-at-Large. They have three children, David, Judy, and Peter, and enjoy the blessing of thirteen grandchildren.
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  > MIRACLE ON LADIES' MILE
  
  
  > A GILDED AGE HOLIDAY NOVELLA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > JOANNA SHUPE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2017 by Joanna Shupe
  
  Originally published in the 2016 Christmas in America anthology.
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To anyone who has ever struggled to make ends meet...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “To the everlasting credit of New York’s working-girl let it be said that,
  rough though her road may be, all but hopeless her battle with life, only in
  the rarest instances does she go astray. As a class she is brave, virtuous,
  and true.”
  
  —Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives, 1890.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > CONTENTS
  
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  > [Chapter 1](part0005.html#4OIQ0-3b9fac8f13a147a4a40b630c2882da0c)
  
  > [Chapter 2](part0006.html)
  
  > [Chapter 3](part0006.html)
  
  > [Chapter 4](p