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| 1872 10 Aug | Birth of Martha Root, Hand of the Cause and itinerant Bahá'í teacher, in Richmond, Ohio. | Richmond; Ohio; United States | Martha Root; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths | |
| 1909. (In the Year) | Martha Root became a Bahá'í. [SYH58] | Martha Root | ||
| 1915. 30 Jan | Martha Root sailed from New York on her first around the world trip. [MR58] | New York | Martha Root | |
| 1915. Aug | Martha Root made a brief stopover in Dalian, Manchuria en route from Yokohama to the Hawaiian Islands. It was to be the first of four visits to China. [MR70; SYH59; PH30; Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 10 min 45 sec ]] | Manchuria, China | Martha Root | |
| 1919 26 Apr-1 May | The 14 Tablets of the Divine Plan were unveiled in a dramatic ceremony at the Hotel McAlpin in New York, during the `Convention of the Covenant'. The Tablets had been brought to America by Ahmad Sohrab at the request of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [ABNYP172Note24, BBD219; PP437; SBBH1:134; SBBH2:135; SBR86; AB434; TDPXI]
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New York; United States | Tablets of the Divine Plan; Abdul-Baha, Writings and talks of; Charters of the Bahai Faith; Conventions, National; Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum; Agnes Parsons; Hyde Dunn; Clara Dunn; Martha Root; Race (general); Race amity; Race unity; Ahmad Sohrab | |
| 1919 22 Jul | Martha Root left New York on the first of her teaching journeys for the Bahá'í Faith in spite of a strike that threatened to cancel her trip. [MR90; PG104] | New York | Martha Root | |
| 1919 c. 4 Aug | Martha Root set foot in South America for the first time, at Para (now Belém), Brazil. [MR93; MRHK44]
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Latin America; Para (Belem); Brazil | Martha Root | |
| 1919 19 Sep | Martha Root arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, the first Bahá'í to visit the country.
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Montevideo; Uruguay | Martha Root | |
| 1919 20 Sep | Martha Root arrived in Argentina, the first recorded visit of a Bahá'í to this country. [MR101]
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Buenos Aires; Argentina; Andes | Martha Root; First Bahais by country or area | |
| 1919 Oct | Martha Root visited Chile, the first Bahá'í to do so.
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Chile | Martha Root; Theosophical Society | |
| 1919 25 Oct | Martha Root arrived in Panama, the first Bahá'í to visit the country. She spent one week there. | Panama | Martha Root | |
| 1919 Late | Martha Root visited Cuba for one day, the first Bahá'í to do so, and lectured on the Bahá'í Faith. | Cuba | Martha Root | |
| 1921 19-21 May | The first Race Amity Conference was held in Washington DC at the old First Congregational Church,
10th & G Streets NW. This church had a reputation for opposition to racial prejudice and had close ties with Howard University. It had a capacity of 2,000. [BW2:281; CoO197; SYH126]
Referring back to this historic event, Abdu’l-Baha, in a Tablet to Roy Williams (an African-American Baha’i from New York City), wrote:
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Washington DC; United States | Race (general); Race Amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; First conferences; Mabry Oglesby; Sadie Oglesby; Agnes Parsons; Louis Gregory; Martha Root; Mountfort Mills | |
| 1923. 25 Apr | Martha Root left Osaka for northern China. [PH31; [Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 11 min 35 sec and 15 min 40 sec]
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Beijing, China | Martha Root | |
| 1923 4 Nov | The first recorded Bahá'í Feast in China was held in Beijing. [PH33]
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Beijing; China | Nineteen Day Feast; Martha Root; Agnes Alexander | |
| 1924 (In the year) | In 1924 Amelia Collins became the first to visit Iceland when she and her husband had a two-days stopover while on a cruise. During the time spent in Reykjavik she became friends with Hólmfríôur Árnadóttir with whom she corresponded about the Faith for many years. This same lady was then able to open many doors for Martha Root who followed in July of 1935. Hólmfríôur is considered the first believer in Iceland. [Bahá'í News No 417 10 December 1965 p10-11] | Reykjavik; Iceland | Amelia Collins; Martha Root; Travel teaching; Holmfriour Arnadottir | |
| 1926 (In the year) | Martha Root visited Budapest and taught the Faith to one of the grandsons of Arminius Vámbéry, Mr. György Vámbéry. He was 21 at the time and passed away some two years later. [www.bahai.hu] | Budapest; Hungary | Martha Root; Arminius Vambery; Gyorgy Vambery | |
| 1926 28 Jan | Martha Root sent a note and a copy of Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era to Queen Marie of Romania. [GBF42; GPB390; MR242] | Romania | Martha Root; Queen Marie of Romania; Esslemont | |
| 1926 30 Jan | Martha Root met with Queen Marie of Romania for the first time. [BBR59; GBF42; GPB390; PP107, HEC49]
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Bucharest; Romania | Martha Root; Queen Marie of Romania; Bahai royalty; Royalty | |
| 1926 First week in Feb | Martha Root arrived in Bulgaria, the earliest documented visit to that country by a Bahá’í. [MR247]
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Bulgaria | Martha Root | |
| 1927. (In the year) | Martha Root gave a talk to the International Esperanto Conference in the Free City of Danzig*. [SYH159]
*The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; Kashubian: Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 towns and villages in the surrounding areas. It was created on 15 November 1920 in accordance with the terms of Article 100 (Section XI of Part III) of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles after the end of World War I. [Wikipedia] |
The Free City of Danzig | Esperanto; Martha Root | |
| 1927. 27 Mar | Martha Root left Shanghai for Hong Kong. At the end of May she sailed for Australia and New Zealand. During her stay in Hong Kong she made a trip to mainland China visiting Guangzhou and made another sortie to Saigon and Cambodia. [P35] | Shanghai, China; Hong Kong; Saigon, Vietnam; Cambodia; Loas | Martha Root | |
| 1927 Apr-May | Martha Root journeyed through the Baltic States and become the first Bahá’í to visit Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (2 May). [MR272–4] | Baltic States; Latvia; Lithuania; Estonia | Martha Root | |
| 1928 Jun | Martha Root visited the parents of Milosh Wurm in Brno. He had been the first to become a Bahá'í in Czechoslovakia and the first to have translated a book into Czech when he was only seventeen years of age. He lost his life in the Great War. [BW3p44, Bahá'í Historical Facts 26 March, 2018] | Brno; Czechoslovakia | Martha Root; Milosh Wurm; First Bahais by country or area | |
| 1928 Jul | The first International Religious Congress for World Peace was held at The Hague. It was attended by Martha Root. [BW3:45] | The Hague; Netherlands | International peace conferences; Martha Root; First conferences | |
| 1929 End of Aug | Martha Root arrived in Albania, the first Bahá’í to set foot in the country. [MR317]
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Albania | Martha Root; King Zog I | |
| 1930 2 Jan | Martha Root met with King Faisal of Iraq in Baghdad to discuss the issue of the House of Bahá'u'lláh. The King said that a committee had been formed to study the problem and to settle it in such a way as to satisfy all groups interested in the matter. [MRHK149] | Baghdad; Iraq | House of Bahaullah (Baghdad); Martha Root; King Faisal | |
| 1930. 22 Aug | Martha Root returned to China for her third visit and stayed two months. She sailed from Shanghai on the 22nd of October 1930. [PH39-41; Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 13min 46 sec ] | Hong Kong; Shanghai, China | Martha Root | |
| 1933. 9 or 13 Sep (or possibly mid-November) | Louise Gregory sailed from Boston to Europe on the SS Sinai. She spent some time in Salzburg and met with Miss Steffi Fürth whom she had met a year earlier. She had become, perhaps, the first believer in Salzburg [SYH180-181]
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Salzburg, Germany; Varna, Bulgaria; Belgrade; Yugoslavia | Louise Gregory; Steffi Fürth; Martha Root | |
| 1934. 14 Mar | Louise Gregory arrived in Belgrade to join Martha Root in the teaching work. Their overlap lasted until the 25th of March when Martha left for Athens. [SYH186-187]
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Belgrade; Yugoslavia; Salzburg; Munich; Germany | Louise Gregory; Martha Root; Draga Ilić; Bahaullah and the New Era (book); Language; Translation; Charles Bishop; Helen Bishop; International Bahai Bureau; Bahai International Community | |
| 1934. 3rd week Mar | Martha Root arrived in Athens to oversee the work of translating and publishing Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era in Greek with the translator, Dionysios Devaris, the editor of an Athens newspaper. [MR401] | Athens; Greece | Martha Root; translation; Bahaullah and the New Era | |
| 1935. 12 Jul - 8 Aug | When Martha Root landed in Iceland in 1935 she immediately made contact with Hólmfríôur Árnadóttir, with whom Amelia Collins had struck up a friendship during her short visit in 1924. The following year Hólmfríôur had visited Milly and stayed in her home for nine days while she was attending an International Congress at Columbia University. The two had also exchanged notes of greeting over the decade since that time.
Hólmfríôur facilitated Martha's teaching efforts with her knowledge of the language and local contacts. During her stay in Iceland she gave lectures and did radio interviews. In one of her radio appearances she did a review of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era and left copies of this book in the libraries. The first ever article on the Bahá'í Faith in the Icelandic language was published in a newspaper. An editor interviewed her for an article and wrote another explaining the basics of the Faith. As she usually did, Martha made contact with the Theosophists and the Esperanto Society and presented a lecture in Esperanto. [The Soul of Iceland-A Bahá'í Saga by Martha Root; BW6p684] |
Reykjavik; Iceland | Travel Teaching; Teaching; Martha Root; Holmfriour Arnadottir; Milly Collins; Amelia Collins | |
| 1935. Sep or Oct | Louise Gregory returned to Europe for her last teaching trip on that continent. Over the Christmas period she had a month-long visit from Martha Root who subsequently went on to Sofia to assist Marion Jack.
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Belgrade; Yugoslavia | Louise Gregory; Martha Root | |
| 1936 Feb | Martha Root met with Queen Marie of Romania for the eighth and last time. [MRHK413] | Romania | Martha Root; Queen Marie of Romania | |
| 1937. Jun | Martha Root made her final trip to China, arriving in Shanghai from Japan. She was evacuated on the 14th of August because Shanghai was under bombardment from the Japanese forces. From there she sailed to the Philippines, arriving in Manila on the 20th of August. [PH41; Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 25 min 46 sec ] | Shanghai, China | Martha Root | |
| 1938 (In the year) | Felix Maddela became the first Filipino Bahá’í. His first encounter with the Bahá’í Faith was in 1924 when a purchase he made was wrapped in a piece of old newspaper which contained an article by Martha Root about the religion and a picture of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. As the author’s address did not appear in the article, it was another 14 years before he encountered more about the religion. In the early spring of 1937, Loulie Albee Mathews arrived in Manila on board the “Franconia.” As the boat was to dock for only a few hours, she managed to place a few pamphlets in a college library on the shelf of comparative religions. A few months later, on a visit to Manila from Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, Mr. Maddela came across the literature. This started a series of correspondence with the Bahá’í Publishing Committee of the United States. With Madella so fired up, he immediately taught his family and friends. Shortly before World War II, the Bahá’í’s of Solano numbered around fifty. When war broke out all communications ceased. Immediately after the war, contact was re-established thru Alvin Blum, who was attached to the medical unit of the United States Army. Hitch-hiking to Solano, which was in ruins, he located the Maddelas living in impoverished conditions. Of the fifty enrolled Bahá’í’s, twenty-five had been killed or were missing. The others had survived by hiding in rice fields for three years.
[WikipediaThe Bahá’í Faith in the Philippines]
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Manila; Solano; Philippines | Felix Maddela; Loulie A. Mathews (Loulie Mathews); Alvin Blum; Jamal Effendi; Martha Root; Siegfried Schopflocher | |
| 1939 28 Sep | Martha Root, ‘foremost Hand raised by Bahá’u’lláh’, passed away in Honolulu. (b. 10 August,1872 Richwood Union County Ohio, USA) [BBD198–9; GPB388; MRHK486; PP105]
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Honolulu; Hawaii | Martha Root; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; Cemeteries and graves; In Memoriam | |
| 1951 20 Dec | Hand of the Cause Roy C. Wilhelm, (b.17 September, 1875) passed away in Lovel, Maine. He was buried in the Wilhelm Family Cemetery in Stoneham, Maine. [BW12:662]
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Lovel; Maine; United States | Roy Wilhelm; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; Martha Root | |
| 1954 3 Oct | Shoghi Effendi designated Martha Root as a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously. She had passed away on September 28, 1939 in Hawaii.
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| 1920 (Summer) | The arrival of well-known Bahá'í scholar and travel teacher Jináb-i-Fádil accompanied by Ahmad Sohrab. They travelled with Marion Jack and Martha Root and visited Saint John, NB, Montreal, QC, Gagetown, PE, Woodstock, NB, Brockville, ON, Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC and Victoria, BC. [SoW20Aug1920, OBCC193] | Saint John, NB; Montreal, QC; Gagetown, PE; Woodstock, NB; Brockville, ON; Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC | Jinab-i-Fadil; Marion Jack; Martha Root; Ahmad Sohrab | |
| 1932 Jan | The first known use of radio to spread knowledge of the Faith was in Montreal by Martha Root. [MR381-382] | Montreal, QC | Radio; Martha Root |
from the main catalogue
- Fadil-i-Mazandarani, by Universal House of Justice (1998-08-11). Was Fadil-i-Mazandarani declared a Hand of the Cause of God, and on determining if there were other Hands. [about]
- Her Eternal Crown: Queen Marie of Romania and the Bahá'í Faith, by Della L. Marcus: Review, by Robert Postlethwaite, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 11:1-2 (2000). [about]
- In search of Martha Root: An American Bahá'í feminist and peace advocate in the early twentieth century, by Jiling Yang (2007). Early life of Root, her four world teaching trips from 1919 to 1939 with a focus on peace advocacy, and gender and identity reflections on Tahirih. Link to thesis (offsite). [about]
- Interdependence of Bahá'í Communities, The: Services of North American Bahá'í Women to Iran, by Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 4:1 (1991). Some early American Bahá’í women’s contribution to the development of the Iranian Bahá’í community. [about]
- Letter to Martha Root, by Abdu'l-Bahá (1920). A letter to believers in America. [about]
- Martha Root: "Herald of the Kingdom", by Barbara Casterline, in Bahá'í News, 496-497 (1972 July-August). Two-part overview of Root's life and a concise history of her travels. [about]
- Martha Root's gravesite in Honolulu, driving directions (2004). Written directions to the resting place of Martha Louise Root, in Honolulu Hawaii [about]
- Panama, The Crossroads between the Continents: The Story of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Panama 1939-1972, by Fuad Izadinia (2015). History of the first Bahá'í community in Panama, including a photo album; biographies of Martha Root, Mathew Kaszab, Louise Caswell, Cora Oliver, Julie Lois Regal, Hascle Cornbleth–Colon, Alfred Osborne, Raquel Francois, Clare Hamilton, Blanca De Campos. [about]
- Precious Glimmers: The Bahá'í Faith in New York, 1892-1932, by Hussein Ahdieh (2020). Highlights of the first forty years of the Bahá'í Faith in the City of the Covenant, 1892-1932. Includes chronology of meetings, conferences, activities, and milestones, and photographs. [about]
- Queen Marie and the Baha'i Faith, by Robert Postlethwaite, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 6:2 (1994). On the first monarch to embrace the Bahá'í Faith; the stature and the character of Queen Marie and her unique position in the early 20th century; her identification as a Bahá'í and her plan to visit Haifa in 1929; her relationship with Martha Root. [about]
- Root, Martha, by Richard Francis (1993/1998). Bio of the "Herald of the Kingdom, Lioness at the Threshold." [about]
- Root, Martha Louise, by Loni Bramson, in World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy (2011). [about]
- Shoghi Effendi in Oxford, by Riaz Khadem, and Her Eternal Crown, Queen Marie of Romania and the Bahá'í Faith, by Della Marcus: Reviews, by Lil Osborn, in Bahá'í Studies Review, 10 (2001). [about]
- Tahirih and Women's Suffrage, by Universal House of Justice, in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin, 4:2 (1990-01). Two letters on Táhirih's association with women's suffrage, and the authenticity of the words "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women". [about]
- Tahirih, The Pure, Iran's Greatest Woman, by Martha L. Root (1938). Life story of Tahirih, the "heroine" of the Faith of the Bab. [about]
- This Gem-Studded Crown: A Dramatic Sketch, by Sarah Munro and Sofie Geschier (2017-03). Fictional dialogue of the first of eight actual meetings between Martha Root and Queen Marie of Romania, in January 1926. [about]
- Through the Eyes of Margaret Cousins: Irish and Indian Suffragette, by Keith Munro (2018). Biography of the co-founder of the Irish Women's Franchise League, a theosophist, who met both Martha Root and Shoghi Effendi. [about]
- When the Saints Come Marching In: The Art of Bahá'í Biography, by Sidney Edward Morrison and Frank Lewis, in dialogue magazine, 1:1 (1986). Comments on hagiography, including reviews of nine popular Bahá'í biographies. Includes response "In Praise of Saints" by Frank Lewis (from dialogue 1:3). [about]
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