Nettie Tobin
Esther 'Nettie' Tobin (1863 - 1944) wished to contribute to the construction of the House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois but was not able to contribute monetarily. Instead, during her elder years, she found a stone north of downtown Chicago which had been set aside as unacceptable for construction, at a site near her home, and offered it for the Bahá’í House of Worship. Due to her age, she struggled to move it from downtown to the northern suburb of Wilmette, occasionally with the help of neighbors and strangers. Although many stones had been sent for the dedication ceremony for the Temple, only her stone arrived when in 1912 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá declared that it be used as the corner stone of the Bahá’í House of Worship. It remains today in a place of honor inside a room set aside for prayers and contemplation.
Esther Tobin, known as Nettie, was a widow and mother of two, who worked as a seamstress in Chicago around the turn of the 20th Century.
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