- 1940-00-00 — Eleanor Smith Adler, a new Bahá'í from Los Angeles, settled in La Paz, the first pioneer to Bolivia.
The first believer in Bolivia was Madame Yvonne de Cuellar. [The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America:
Some Remembrances by Artemus Lamb] - 1940-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly of Bolivia was established in La Paz. [The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America:
Some Remembrances by Artemus Lamb]
- 1970-08-16 —
The Continental Conference was held in La Paz, Bolivia. [BW15:317; VV5]
- For pictures see BW15:301–2.
- 1987-02-15 — The passing of Eleanor Hollibaugh (b. 17 February 1897 in Hastings, Nebraska) in Montraux, Switzerland. She was a pioneer to La Paz, Bolivia but when she had to return for reasons of health, she settled in Reno, Nevada. At the end of World War II the European Teaching Committee asked her to join fellow American Dagmar Dole in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1949 they asked her to move to the Netherlands and in 1958, again at their request, she moved to France where she remained until 1960 when the Committee requested that she go to Switzerland. [BW20p868-871]
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