Kit Goldstein

Ellen "Kit" Goldstein (March 14, 1905 - June 18, 1987) was an American Bahá’í who pioneered to Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama.

Biography

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Goldstein was born Ellen Marian Isabel Kate Kitchen in 1905 into a Christian family with her father being a Minister of the Congregational Church. She was introduced to the Bahá’í Faith when William and Marguerite Sears moved onto the same street as her and she joined the religion,[1] serving on the Bahá’í Child Education Committee of the United States from at least 1948 to 1952.[2][3]

In 1953 Goldstein pioneered to Flagstaff, Arizona, where she worked as a graduate in anthropology studies at Arizona State College,[4] and she also secured a job as a teacher in a nearby Navajo reservation.[5] In 1958 she pioneered internationally moving to Ecuador where she assisted in operating a school in Otavalo,[1] before moving to Colombia at some point before 1964 when she hosted the countries first Bahá’í Children’s Camp in her home in Bucaramanga.[6]

Goldstein pioneered to Panama in 1967 first living in Santiago then settling in Panama City where she was a member of the Panama Temple Choir and served as a Temple tour guide. She passed away in Panama City in 1987 and the Universal House of Justice conveyed the following message after her passing:

Saddened learn passing devoted maidservant Bahá’u’lláh Kit Goldstein. Assure family loving prayers Holy Shrines progress her soul.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The American Bahá’í (1987). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 18, Issue 12, pg(s) 47. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ https://bahai.works/Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_News/Inserts/Issue_211/Baha%E2%80%99i_Directory_1948-49/Text
  3. ↑ https://bahai.works/Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_News/Inserts/Issue_246/Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_Directory_1951-1952/Text
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 274, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 12 (1950-1954), Pg(s) 914. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1964). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 397, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
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