Susan notes: I asked Twitter friends to recommend women in Islam to honour during the Holy Month of Ramadan and the Eids that follow. Below are four they suggested.
I would love to have the profiles of more contemporary Muslim heroines to post on the site....
Marianne Williamson (born July 8, 1952) is a spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation currently before Congress to establish a United States Department of Peace.
She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area.
Girl Museum is the first and only museum in the world dedicated to celebrating girlhood. We are a virtual museum for exhibitions, education, social/cultural dialogue, and investigation.
We research and collect cross-cultural historic and contemporary images and stories from and about girlhood. Through our research, we produce and present exhibitions, publications and video projects that explore and document the unique experience of growing up female.
Founded in 1858, the YWCA is one of the world’s oldest and most respected organizations dedicated to improving the lives of women, girls, and people of color.
The YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.