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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This feature will enable you to find women of other faiths leaders by their country. If you cannot find a particular woman that you are looking for, please let us know by completing our “Recommend Women of Other Faiths” form and check the site again in the near future as we actively expand this section of the portal with your suggestions.

Abigail E. Disney

photo of Abigail E. Disney Filmmaker and philanthropist

Asayo Horibe

no photo available Buddhist Leader

Chung Hyun Kyung

no photo available Writer, Associate Professor of Ecumenical Studies at Union Theological Seminary

Clara Barton

photo of Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross

Daisy Machado

photo of Daisy Machado Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of the History of Christianity, Union Theological Seminary

Diana Eck

no photo available Professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard, director of the Pluralism Project, author

Dorothy Day

no photo available Radical Journalist, Founder of Catholic Worker movement

Dr. Hema Pokharna, PhD

no photo available Promoter of Non-Violence

Fannie Lou Hamer

no photo available American civil rights activist

Gertrude Behanna

no photo available Devout Christian woman

Helen LaKelly Hunt

no photo available Co-Founder, National Network of Women’s Funds; President, The Sister Fund

Jacqueline Novogratz

no photo available Founder, Acumen Fund

Janet Rosenberg

no photo available Guyana's first female President

Jaskaran Kaur

no photo available Co-founder and Co-director of Ensaaf, human rights org

Joyce Allen

no photo available Trustee for Council for a Parliament of the World Religions

Karen Armstrong

no photo available Author, Speaker, Comparative Religion Authority

Kavita N. Ramdas

no photo available President & CEO, Global Fund for Women

Lucy Stone

no photo available American abolitionist and women’s rights activist

Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

no photo available Founder of Kashi Ashram Interfaith Community and Kali Natha Yoga

Marie Wilson

no photo available Founder and President of The White House Project, co-creator of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day and President of the Ms.

Mary Daly

no photo available Prominent feminist theologian

Melanne Verveer

no photo available Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues

Mother Jones

no photo available Renowned American labor and community organizer

Nancy Northup

no photo available President of the Center for Reproductive Rights

Nora Feller

photo of Nora Feller Renowned Photographer

Olympia Brown

no photo available First female Universalist minister, women’s rights activist

Omie Baldwin

no photo available Navajo Activist and Humanitarian

Pema Chodron

no photo available Tibetan Buddhist teacher

Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn

no photo available Spiritual Leader, Congregation Tehillah

Rebecca M. Benally

no photo available Activist and educator; she stood up to a big oil corporation on behalf of her Navajo nation.

Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell

no photo available Interfaith Leader, Civil Rights Pioneer

Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson

no photo available President of Auburn Theological Seminary; Facilitator of Face to Face/Faith of Faith

Rita D. Sherma

photo of Rita D. Sherma Professor and Executive Director, Confluence School of Faith Studies at Takasha University, Virginia

Rori Picker Neiss

photo of Rori Picker Neiss Co-Editor: "InterActive Faith: The Essential Interreligious Community-Building Handbook”/ Consultant

Rosa Parks

no photo available Civil rights activist

Sister Blandina Segale

no photo available Missionary with the Sisters of Charity

Sister Margaret Diener, O.P.

no photo available Dominican sister involved with interfaith movement and non-profit organization

Sojourner Truth

no photo available Abolitionist, women's rights activist

Susan Brownell Anthony

no photo available Famous American suffragist, women’s rights activist

Tamam Kahn

photo of Tamam Kahn Sufi Teacher

The Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord

photo of The Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord Founder and President, The Guibord Center - Religion Inside Out

The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones

photo of The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones 16th President, Union Theological Seminary
This search feature will enable you to find women of other faiths leaders by entering the keyword(s) of your choice. If you cannot find a particular woman that you are looking for, please let us know by completing our “Recommend Women” form and check the site again in the near future as we actively expand this section of the portal with your suggestions.