Born into a Hawaiian Christian missionary family in 1875,
Agnes became a Baha'i during a visit to Italy in 1900. She returned to Hawaii
in December 1901 as the first Baha'i on the islands, and become instrumental in
the growth of a Baha'i community there. After the deaths of her parents she
moved to the American mainland, and then, at the request of 'Abdu'l-Baha, moved
to Japan, reaching there in November 1914. She worked with George Augur and his
wife to establish a Baha'i community, spending much of the rest of her life in
Japan. Agnex Alexander was also the first Baha’i to present the Baha'i
teachings in Korea (1921). Shoghi Effendi appointed her a Hand of the Cause on
27 March 1957. She died in Hawaii in 1971.
(Adapted from ‘A Concise
Encyclopedia of the Baha’i Faith’, by Peter Smith)
