Gertrude Eisenberg

Gertrude Eisenberg
Born	June 13, 1906
Died	September 8, 2001 (aged 95)
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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

Eisenberg was born in Sag Harbor, New York, into a Jewish family in 1906 and was raised on Long Island. She became a Bahá’í shortly after the end of the Second World War.

As of 1945 Eisenberg had pioneered to Asuncion, Paraguay, to assist in teaching efforts, and in 1946 she pioneered to São Paulo, Brazil, teaching in the city for several months before returning to the United States before the end of the year settling in Louisville, Kentucky. As of 1947 she was serving as secretary of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Louisville.

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.

In later life Eisenberg settled in Los Angeles, and she passed away in Duarte, California, in 2001.