The work contains multiple examples of strong women in Scripture, but what makes it reasonable today is the author's detailed and cautious expression of how the Bible has come down on a large number of societal problems as well as how, historically, the Bible has always been a progressive and enlightening book, that's appropriate in all times and places. This work is an impressive sermon, preached in the First Congregational Church Portland, Oregon by Frederic Rowland Marvin, with an introductory notice by Frances Power Cobbe. It was delivered in 1903 during the women's ballot movement on the controversial subject of women in administration. Consecrated Womanhood is like a breath of fresh air for those who have long been dissatisfied by the prevailing tendency in Christian churches to deny to women the privileges and responsibilities of holy offices and duties. The preacher opens his discourse with the statement that "the Bible honored woman when every other book was blind to the true dignity of her character."