In 1929, when the
distinguished Baha'i, Dr. Susan I. Moody, who was then seventy-seven years of
age, undertook to emigrate to Persia a second time at the Guardian's request,
she received his permission and hearty approval to take Adelaide along with her
to serve at the Tarbiyat School in the capital. The two pioneers covered the
first stretch of their journey by ship to the Holy Land where the glory of
pilgrimage to the Holy Shrines for twelve precious days was heightened by the
guidance and spiritual strength received from the beloved Guardian, a bounty
that would be their mainstay during the long and difficult years ahead.
5/6/18
Adelaide Sharp – the first woman to be elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran
Born in Texas in
1896, Adelaide
Sharp spent her childhood in Mexico, moved in company of her mother to
California to pursue her studies, and after graduation from college
took up teaching work in the Italian quarter of San Francisco. Her
father, Horace M. Sharp who died during Adelaide's infancy, was a Christian but
Adelaide, when still young, received the Message of Baha'u'llah from her
mother, Clara Sharp - a devoted Baha'i - and accepted it.
