Nellie Hope Lloyd

Nellie Hope Lloyd (1876 - April 24, 1967) was an early American Bahá’í.

Background[edit]

Lloyd was born in New York City in 1876 to Irish parents.[1] She became an active Bahá’í and was serving as Treasurer of the New York City Bahá’í community as of 1911.[2]

Lloyd worked alongside Roy C. Wilhelm in organizing Bahá’í events in New York in the 1910's particularly during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit to New York City in 1912.[1] She assisted the Persian-American Educational Society in funding scholarships for Persian students to attend the Bahá’í Tarbiyat School in Tehran in 1913.[3]

By 1919 Lloyd was serving aa Treasurer of the Executive Committee of the New York Assembly, a precursor to the Local Spiritual Assembly, and as a member of the communities Finance Committee.[4] In 1920 Wilhelm hired her to assist him in managing his coffee business,[1] and in 1922 the New York City Bahá’ís formally established a Local Spiritual Assembly according to the formal guidelines established by Shoghi Effendi with Lloyd being elected to the body.[5]

In 1925 the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States & Canada established a National Finance Committee and appointed Lloyd to the body as the member responsible for the Northeastern States,[6] and she was also serving on the Regional Teaching Committee of the Northeastern States the same year.[7]

By 1937 Lloyd had moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, where she was the towns only Bahá’í,[8] remaining an isolated Bahá’í there until at least 1939.[9] By 1940 she had moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, and assisting with running a weekly Bahá’í study class in the city.[10]

In 1967 she passed away in the Bronx in New York.[11]


References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Joel Nizin, Kathryn Jewett Hogenson, Gary L. Hogenson (2023). Servant to the Servants: Roy C. Wilhelm, Hand of the Cause of God. United States: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, United States. p. 163. ISBN 9781618512260.
  2. ↑ [ https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_16/Text#pg14 Star of the West, 2(16), p 14]
  3. ↑ Star of the West, 4(13), p 221
  4. ↑ Star of the West, 10(4), p 55
  5. ↑ Joel Nizin, Kathryn Jewett Hogenson, Gary L. Hogenson (2023). Servant to the Servants: Roy C. Wilhelm, Hand of the Cause of God. United States: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, United States. p. 429. ISBN 9781618512260.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News Letter (January, 1925). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 2, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News Letter (May-June, 1925). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 5, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1939). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. New York City, NY. Volume 7 (1936-1938), Pg(s) 568. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 8 (1938-1940), Pg(s) 704. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (1940). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 138, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  11. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/293301094/nellie-hope-lloyd
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