Elisabeth Cheney
Elisabeth Cheney | |
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| Born | 1895 |
| Died | October 8, 1959 Lima, Ohio, USA. |
| NSA member | Greater Antilles 1957 - ???? |
| ABM | Americas 1957 - 1959 |
Elisabeth H. Cheney (1895 - October 8, 1959)[1] was an American Bahá’í who pioneered to South America in the 1940's, served on the Inter-America Committee from 1946 to 1951 and as an Auxiliary Board member for the Americas from 1957.
Background[edit]
Cheney was from Lima, Ohio, and at some point she became a Bahá’í being introduced to the religion by Dorothy Baker.[2] In 1940 she moved to Paraguay becoming the first Bahá’í pioneer to the country and she conducted study classes to teach the Faith.[3][4][5] She returned to Lima in 1941 due to suffering a serious illness but aimed to return to South America as soon as recovering.[6] In 1942 she taught at the Louhelen Summer School speaking on consultation,[7] and in 1943 the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada appointed her to the national radio script reviewing committee.[8]
In December 1944 Cheney returned to South America traveling through Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina where she stopped in Buenos Aires to assist the Bahá’í Publishing Committee for Spanish literature,[9] and Montevideo in Uruguay where she spent two months teaching to assist the city in establishing a Local Spiritual Assembly,[10] before settling in Asuncion in Paraguay in January 1945.[11] In October 1945 she pioneered to Managua, Nicaragua, to support efforts to form a Local Spiritual Assembly which were successful in 1946.[12]
Cheney visited Panama for a major Bahá’í conference in 1946 and then settled in Bogota, Colombia, to teach aiming to stay until April 1947.[13] In mid 1946 she was appointed to the Inter-America Committee as secretary succeeding Edna True,[14] and in December she visited the United States to conduct a teacher training session at the Louhelen Summer School.[15]
In 1949 Cheney represented the Inter-America Committee at a regional Bahá’í conference held in Havana, Cuba.[16] In 1950 she agreed to become a longterm pioneer to Central America in consultation with the Inter-America Committee,[17] and she settled in Honduras that year,[18] and assisted in the establishment of the National Teaching Committee of Central America.[19] In 1951 she visited the United States and addressed the National Convention of the United States to report the progress of the Faith in Central America.[20]
In 1957 Cheney was appointed to the Auxiliary Board of the Americas for Protection when it was established,[21] and elected to the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly of the Greater Antilles.[22] As of 1959 she had settled in the Dominican Republic,[23] however she passed away in Lima, Ohio, in October that year.[24]
Publications[edit]
- 1942 - A Bahá’í Pioneer in Paraguay, article published in World Order, Vol. 7, No. 12, pp 429-35.
- 1944 - Prophecy Fulfilled[25]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://billiongraves.com/grave/Elisabeth-H-Cheney/24321655
- ↑ From Copper to Gold, Epilogue
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 152, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1944). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 167, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Lamb, Artemus (1995). The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America:Some Remembrances, English Revised and Amplified Edition. 1405 Killarney Drive, West Linn OR, 97068, United States of America: M L VanOrman Enterprises.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ Baha'i News (1941). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 149, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 153, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1944). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 167, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 173, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 175, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 173, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1946). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 179, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1946). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 182, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (September, 1946). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 187, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1946). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 190, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1950). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 227, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1950). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 230, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1950). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 231, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1950). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 238, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1951). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 244, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 324, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (July 1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 317, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
- ↑ U.S. Supplement, No. 22, p 2
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1989). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 20, Issue 5, pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1944). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 169, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
