Ethel Revell
Ethel Revell | |
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| Born | April 14, 1897 |
| Died | February 9, 1984 |
| IBC member | 1951 - 1963 |
Ethel Cowan Revell (April 14, 1897 - February 9, 1984) was a member of the International Bahá’í Council serving as both an elected and appointed member. She served for a time as the Western Assistant Secretary.
Biography[edit]
Ethel was born into a Christian family in Philadelphia and her father passed when she was young. In 1906 her aunt Annie McKinney introduced the family to the Bahá’í Faith and they attended meetings held by Isabella D. Brittingham and the Revell household became a center for Bahá’í activity. Ethel received several Tablets from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and met with Him during His visit to America in 1912. During the 1930's Ethel, her mother Mary, and sister Jessie served as travel teachers earning commendation from the Guardian.
In 1951 she was summoned to the Holy Land along with her sister by the Guardian and appointed to the International Bahá’í Council and she served as Western Assistant Secretary and as secretary for Rúḥíyyih Khánum. After the passing of the Guardian in 1957 she served as English secretary for the Custodians up until the Universal House of Justice was established in 1963. After the Universal House of Justice was established she served as a hostess for pilgrims at the request of the House and as secretary to the Hands of the Cause. In 1965 she and Jessie traveled across Iran.
Rúḥíyyih Khánum organized for her to live in the House of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in her later years and she passed away in the Holy Land and was buried in the Bahá’í cemetery near the Arc.
References[edit]
- Obituary published in The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 626. View as PDF.
