Founders Founding Editors Ravina Aggarwal Elizabeth Alexander Gayle Pemberton Nancy Saporta Sternbach Ann Arnett Ferguson Ann Jones Susan Van Dyne Founding Advisory Board Ruth Simmons, President emerita of Smith College Edna Acosta-Belén Leila Ahmed Ama Ata Aidoo Amrita Basu Rey Chow Maryse Condé Angela Davis Cynthia Enloe Paula J. Giddings Wilma Mankiller Toni Morrison Nell Irvin Painter Elena Poniatowska Nawal El Saadawi Shiva Vandana Editors Emerita Kum-Kum Bhavnani (2000-2003) Myriam Chancy (2003-2004) Paula J. Giddings (2004-2016)