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Edith Stein was a Jewish philosopher who became a Catholic in 1922 after reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila. When asked why she converted, she wrote, "secretum meum mihi" (Latin for "my secret is mine.") She became a Carmelite in 1934, but was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. Dr. Stein's opinions on Catholic women's education were widely reported and discussed in German Catholic circles in the early 1930's. Her list of the virtues a woman ought to embody prompted many requests for elaboration. This volume reprints Dr. Stein's list of feminine virtues, her explanation of how to live these virtues, and essays from Secretum Meum Mihi newsletter on living those virtues today.