Portraits of Some Bahá'í Women

by O. Z. Whitehead

Western women have always been in the forefront of teaching the Bahá'í Faith. Here are short pen portraits of seven such women whose services to the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh have spanned the twentieth century. Emogene Hoagg, Claudia Coles, Anna Kunz, Amelia Collins, Kate Dwyer, Ella Bailey, Ella Quant - some well-known, others less so - all devoted their lives to the promotion and development of the Faith they loved.