Elise Liknaitzaky
Marie Elise Liknaitzaky (September 1, 1911 - November 6, 2007)[1] was a South African Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of South & West Africa.
Background[edit]
Liknaitzaky was a South African of European descent. She was born in Standerton in 1911 as Marie Elise Burnside.[1] She ran a second-hand bookstore in Johannesburg when she was introduced to the Bahá’í Faith when Bahiyyih Winckler visited her store in 1958.[2]
Through Winckler Liknaitzaky was able to read The Renewal of Civilization by David Hofman and met William Sears at the Bahá’í Centre of Johannesburg and she declared on May 11, 1959.[3] She was appointed to the National Teaching Committee the same year and was later appointed to the Area Teaching Committee of Transvaal, the Duplicating Committee, the World Congress Transport Committee, lived at the National Bahá’í Centre briefly while she installed shelving and furniture, and was elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of Johannesburg.[3]
In 1968 Liknaitzaky was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of South & West Africa serving on the body for twenty years. After being elected she continued to served on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Johannesburg and also assisted with the publication of a national Bahá’í newsletter for South Africa.[3] In the late 1980's she arranged archival material from the Ten Year Crusade into a chronological order to assist with chronicling the history of the Faith in South Africa.[4]
Liknaitzaky moved to Australia in 1989 settling in Cronulla where she began working for her daughter, a doctor, as a book-keeper. She was elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of Cronulla and assisted with teaching and children's classes in the area.[4] She passed away in Sydney in 2007.[1]
Publications[edit]
- 1989 - Stories for Young Bahá’ís[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.geni.com/people/Marie-Liknaitzky/6000000023272787148
- ↑ Lowell Johnson, Heroes and Heroines of the Ten Year Crusade in Southern Africa, NSA of South Africa: Johannesburg, 2003, p 244
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lowell Johnson, Heroes and Heroines of the Ten Year Crusade in Southern Africa, NSA of South Africa: Johannesburg, 2003, p 245
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lowell Johnson, Heroes and Heroines of the Ten Year Crusade in Southern Africa, NSA of South Africa: Johannesburg, 2003, p 246
- ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Stories_for_Young_Baha_is.html?id=fGlGAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
