Sheila Rice-Wray
Sheila Rice-Wray | |
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| Born | November 8, 1908 South Dakota, USA |
| Died | May 2, 1997 Dominican Republic |
| NSA member | Central America 1954 - 1957 Greater Antilles 1957 - 1961 Dominican Republic 1961 - 1983 |
Sheila Rice-Wray (November 8, 1908 - May 2, 1997) was an American Bahá’í who pioneered to Central and South America where she helped develop Bahá’í communities in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, and Paraguay.
Biography[edit]
Rice-Wray was born Sheila Daisy Reid Nelson in South Dakota in 1908. She studied education and architectural engineering and also became an accomplished painter. She became a Bahá’í in 1938 and at some point wrote to Shoghi Effendi asking where she should pioneer to serve the Faith receiving a reply that she should settle in Latin Ameirca. In 1947 she pioneered from her home in Chicago to Central America spending time living in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.[1]
In 1950 Rice-Wray briefly pioneered to Paraguay, then to Bolivia, and then to the Dominican Republic, at the request of Dorothy Baker, which remained her home for the rest of her life. She was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Central America in 1954 serving until 1957 when the National Spiritual Assembly of the Greater Antilles was established which she was also elected to. In 1961 an independent National Spiritual Assembly was formed for the Dominican Republic and she was elected to the body serving as its treasurer until 1983.[1]
In 1997 Rice-Wray passed away at her pioneer post in the Dominican Republic.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 277. View as PDF.
