Women of Other Faiths
Using common values contained in their respective teachings, women of all religious traditions can work together and collaborate in many areas especially peace building and women’s empowerment. Collectively women of all faiths can learn from each other’s struggles and histories, while showing support for women’s religious leadership roles worldwide. Please contribute to this archive by suggesting women of all faiths to be featured through our recommendation form.
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Helen LaKelly Hunt
“I feel that faith and feminism have a deep relationship to each other and that both are responses to the deep human yearning for connection and for peace on earth, and that they both have a vision of universal human equity.”
Known For: Co-Founder, National Network of Women’s Funds; President, The Sister Fund
Dates: Common Era: 1949 - Present (CE)
Faith: Christianity
Country: United States
About
Helen LaKelly Hunt has established several major philanthropic organizations. In 1981 she co-founded the Hunt Alternatives Fund, which provides grants and technical assistance in the area of human services. After a few years she recognized the need for unifying the various organizations focusing on women and in response she co-founded the National Network of Women’s Funds (now Women’s Funding Network) She has also helped to establish women’s organizations in both Dallas and New York.
Since 1992, she has been president of The Sister Fund, an organization that supports and gives voice to women working for justice from a religious framework. The fund offers women grants, technical support, communication tools and networking opportunities. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1994.
