Juliet Thompson
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Juliet Thompson (1873–1956) was an American painter, writer, and a prominent Bahá’í who was active in the early days of the community in New York City. She declared her faith during a trip to Paris in 1901, where she met Bahá’ís such as Lua Getsinger, Thomas Breakwell, Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, and Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, who helped educate her in the Faith. She met ‘Abdu’l-Bahá twice before He travelled to America: once on pilgrimage in 1909, and once during His trip to Europe in 1911. In Bahá’í circles, she is best known for her diary—which contains pilgrims' notes of her meetings with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and describes His activities during His journeys to the West—and for her portrait of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. She also introduced the Bahá'í Faith to author Kahlil Gibran.[1][2] Several of her paintings are held at the Smithsonian Institution.[3]
