Elizabeth Bevan

Elizabeth Bevan "Libby" Bevan Golmohammadi (b. c. 1935 - d. March 22, 2013) was a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh, who was a member of the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Sweden.

Early years[edit]

Libby learned about the Bahá’í Faith when she was young by Hand of the Cause, Dorothy Baker.[1]

Pioneering[edit]

When she was 28 years old, she responded to the call by Shoghi Effendi’s for pioneers to arise and open territories where there were no Bahá'ís to the Faith.[1] In 1954,[2] Shoghi Effendi named her as Knight of Bahá'u'lláh when she moved from her Los Angeles, California home, to the Island of Rhodes where she remained until 1958.[1]

Administrative roles[edit]

Libby and her future husband, Rouhollah Golmohammadi,[Notes 1] who were members of the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Sweden[1] were also electors at the first election of the first Universal House of Justice at Ridván in 1963.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ The correct spelling is Golmohammadi as cited in the UHJ document, not Gholmohammadi as cited by the US NSA document.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Elizabeth Bevan Gholmohammadi, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh, co-founder of Swedish Assembly". National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. nd. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bahá'í Chronology: years 195-". Baha'i Library Online. nd. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Universal House of Justice (UHJ) (nd). "Ministry of the Custodians: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause 1957-1963". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
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