Miriam

As a child, she watched over baby Moses in the basket on the Nile and cleverly arranged for their mother to nurse him (Exodus 2:4-8). After the Red Sea crossing, she led the women in worship with tambourines (Exodus 15:20-21). She's called a prophetess. Her low point: challenging Moses' authority alongside Aaron, for which God struck her with leprosy temporarily (Numbers 12). But she's remembered as one of Israel's three leaders.