How many of these 13 women have you heard of?

How about Mechthild of Magdeburg? 

              or the Beguine community she belonged to?

"I have been put on my guard about this book, and certain people have warned me that, unless I have it buried, it will be burnt. Yet, I in my weakness have written it, because I dared not hide the gift that is in it.”  -Mechthild of Magdeburg

See:

13 Powerful Women Mystics Who Helped Shape Christianity

They were on a mission from God.

Aloso The Mystics Why did mysticism flower in the medieval world—and why did women often lead in it?