New Book Iron Butterflies Features Peace X Peace Founder

May 3, 2010 - PRLog -- Washington, DC, May 3, 2010. Iron Butterflies, a new book by Birute Regine about women transforming themselves and subsequently the world, features a very personal story about Peace X Peace founder Patricia Smith Melton.

Even though Smith Melton, an artist in her own right, is often profiled for her work as Peace X Peace founder and editor of Sixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women (http://www.60voices.org), she rarely discusses her less recent past. In the several-page anecdote, Smith Melton reveals little-known facts of her life. Her telling is intimate and profound.

In addition to Smith Melton’s story, the author also includes content about three members of the Peace X Peace Advisory Council: Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri, and Dr. Riane Eisler.

About her own book, Regine says, “What began as a potentially fascinating book project has morphed into something of a personal mission and a calling for me.” Iron Butterflies was mentioned recently in a Huffington Post article by Russ Wellen, who says “Iron Butterflies is especially essential reading for young women who often fail to appreciate just how hard-won are the opportunities they enjoy today.”

Peace X Peace (pronounced Peace by Peace, http://www.peacexpeace.org) is a global network of women with women-focused e-media, fresh analysis, and from-the-frontlines perspectives. It engages, connects, and amplifies women's voices as the most direct and powerful ways to create cultures of peace around the world.

To learn more about Iron Butterflies and to order your copy, visit http://www.ironbutterflies.com. For more information about Peace X Peace founder Patricia Smith Melton and to request copies of Sixty Years, Sixty Voices or the documentary Peace by Peace, Women on the Frontlines, go to http://www.peacexpeace.org.

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Peace X Peace is a global network of women with women-focused e-media, fresh analysis, and from-the-frontlines perspectives. We engage, connect, and amplify women's voices as the most direct and powerful ways to create cultures of peace around the world.