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| 1940 (In the year) |
The first local spiritual assembly in Brazil was established in Bahia, with the assistance of Leonora Holsapple Armstrong.
The second Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in Rio de Janeiro and, in 1946 the third, in São Paulo. [Biographical Profile] |
Bahia; Brazil; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; São Paulo; Brazil |
Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1977 27 – 30 Jan |
An International Teaching Conference was held in Bahia, Brazil, attended by 1,300 Bahá’ís, the largest such gathering of Bahá’ís to date in Brazil. [BW17:81; VV33]
For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:137–8.
For pictures see BW17:110, 124–5.
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Bahia; Brazil; Latin America |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Teaching; Conferences, International; Teaching |
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| 1980. Oct (Mid) |
The First Latin American Bahá'í Women's Conference was held in Brasilia at the Convention Centre.
Leonera Armstrong, on her deathbed in Salvador, Bahia at the time, addressed the conference via a message recorded on cassette tape.
Woman, light of the future generation - when we, the women of the world, reflect on the true meaning of this theme that was chosen and as its full meaning penetrates more and more deeply into the conscience of each woman, we must understand that affectionate, that supreme privilege is ours and that inescapable duty is ours, and so we must rise as never before, to fulfill our first obligation. Women know that they are the first educators of humanity ...
[Biographical Profile] |
Brasilia; Bahia; Brazil; Latin America |
Latin American Bahai Womens Conference; Conferences, Women; Conferences; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong |
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| 1980 17 Oct |
Leonora Stirling Holsapple Armstrong, (b.June 23, 1895, Hudson, New York), the ‘spiritual mother of South America’ and the first Latin American pioneer, passed away in the city of Salvador in Bahia, Brazil. She had served on the Continental Board of Counsellors from her appointment in 1973. [Mess63-86p248; BW18:738; VV32]
For her obituary see BW18:733–738.
See Armstrong, Counsellor Leonora: A Loving Portrait by Kristine Leonard Asuncion. Brief biographical sketch of Counsellor Armstrong, the "Spiritual Mother of South America" .
Bahá'í Blog.
Wikipedia.
Bahaipedia.
See FMH40-41 for the story of how she was inspired to go pioneering as told to Doris and Willard McKay. (She had been a classmate of Willard's sister Marguerite at Cornell University.) |
Bahia; Brazil |
Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Names and titles; In Memoriam |
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