Agnes Baldwin Alexander

Agnes Baldwin Alexander

Agnes Baldwin Alexander (July 21 1875-1971) a prominent American Bahá'í. She was born in a Christian missionary family in Hawaii, and became a Bahá'í in 1900 while visiting Italy. In November 1914 she moved to Japan, at the request of `Abdu'l-Bahá, where she lived the rest of her life. There she studied Esperanto also at his request, and became a member of the Universal Esperanto Association. The rest of her life, she used her ties to Esperanto to pierce language barriers and talk to others about the Bahá'í faith. [ [http://bahai-library.com/essays/alexander.html Biography of Agnes Alexander] , Bahai-library.com]

She was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi on 27 March 1957. She died in 1971 in Hawaii.

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