Lady Blomfield

Lady Blomfield

Lady Sara Louisa Blomfield (1859 - 1939) The first distinguished Bahá'í of the British Isles is Lady Blomfield, the first Bahá'í of Ireland, second wife to architect Sir Arthur Blomfield. [http://news.bahai.org/story/237 Memorial to a shining star] London, United Kingdom, 10 August 2003 (BWNS)] Lady Blomfield was an accomplished writer and humanitarian who assisted in founding the Save the Children Fund [ [http://www.btinternet.com/%7Eiain.s.palin/heritage/scf.htm The First Obligation - Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund] ] and Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child and its adoption by the League of Nations. She joined the Bahá'í Faith in 1907. [ [http://www.btinternet.com/~iain.s.palin/heritage/blmem.htm A memorial to Lady Blomfield] by Rob Weinberg and originally published in "Bahá'í Journal" UK]

Works

*cite book
last = Blomfield
first = Lady
origyear = 1956
year = 1975
title = The Chosen Highway
publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust
location = London, UK
id = ISBN 0877430152
url = http://arthursclassicnovels.com/arthurs/bahai/choshw10.html
*"The Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá" (coauthored with Shoghi Effendi).
*Blomfield's copious notes are the basis of much of Paris Talks.

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