Known also by her religious name, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Saint Edith Stein was a brilliant scholor, professor, speaker, and Red Cross nurse. Originally a devout Jew, Edith Stein became an atheist, then a Catholic, and ultimately, a Carmelite nun. She promoted the immense value of women's involvement in education, society and the Church. In 1942, during the Second World War, Edith Stein was killed at Auschwitz.