Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
BornAugust 9, 1944[1]
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materAntioch University, B.A. Temple University, M.A., Ph.D
OccupationSenior Lecturer Emerita
Organization(s)University of Florida, retired 2019

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons (born August 9, 1944 as Gwendolyn Robinson) is an American activist and retired academic. She is senior lecturer emerita at the University of Florida since her retirement in 2019. Her research has explored Islamic feminism and the impact of Sharia law on Muslim women.[2] She is a civil rights activist who served as a member of both the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Nation of Islam (NOI).[3]

She received a number of prestigious fellowships, including a Fulbright Fellowship, USAID Fellowships, and an American Center of Oriental Research Fellowship.[4][5]

  1. ^ Profile, snccdigital.org. Accessed April 4, 2024.
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  4. ^ G., Lefever, Harry (2005). Undaunted by the fight : Spelman College and the civil rights movement, 1957/1967 (1st ed.). Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0865549760. OCLC 57594858.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Manners, Smith, Karen (2008). Time it was : American stories from the sixties. Koster, Tim. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780131840775. OCLC 86117451.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)