Gertrude Eisenberg
Gertrude Eisenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 1906 |
| Died | September 8, 2001 (aged 95) |
Gertrude Eisenberg (June 13, 1906 - September 8, 2001) was an American Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to the Canary Islands. She also assisted with the establishment of Bahá’í communities across South America.
Biography[edit]
Eisenberg was born in Sag Harbor, New York, into a Jewish family in 1906 and was raised on Long Island.[1] She became a Bahá’í shortly after the end of the Second World War.[2]
As of 1945 Eisenberg had pioneered to Asuncion, Paraguay, to assist in teaching efforts,[3] and in 1946 she pioneered to São Paulo, Brazil,[4] teaching in the city for several months before returning to the United States before the end of the year settling in Louisville, Kentucky.[5][6] As of 1947 she was serving as secretary of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Louisville.[7]
In 1953 Eisenberg pioneered to Grand Canary Island, arriving on November 13, to open the Islands to the Bahá’í Faith achieving a goal of the Ten Year Crusade and earning the title of Knight of Bahá’u’lláh. In the 1960's she pioneered to Hawaii settling in Kauai.[2]
In later life Eisenberg settled in Los Angeles,[2] and she passed away in Duarte, California, in 2001.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2003). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 30 (2001-2002), Pg(s) 304. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Earl Redman, The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 387
- ↑ Baha'i News (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 175, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 177, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1946). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 186, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1946). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 189, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1947). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 202, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
