From the Washington DC Baha'i Tour page:
Florence Breed from Boston, had family connections, brilliant parents, attended a Boston finishing school, met celebrities in her mother's home, become familiar with the culture of the Continent as well as Turkey and Greece, and spoke excellent French.
She chose the dramatic stage instead of being a married "society women" as was most common amongst her class. With the death of one of her boyfriends, Philip Savage, a Harvard Man, she turned to spiritual studies and left the East Coast for Chicago. She investigated "New Thought". She studied Christian Science and some of the members of that sect felt that she could become a healer. She took up Yogi breathing and levitated, or thought she did, a block. During her spiritual quest in Chicago,
Florence, following Mrs. Ford's spiritualistic searchings, attended her first Baha'i study class in Chicago in 1902. In 1903, Mrs. Ford went to Green Acre school in Elliot, Maine and met Ali-Kuli-Khan and Mirza Abu'l-Fad'l there and reported this back to Florence. Back in Boston in the fall of 1903, Florence was studying the Hidden Words given to her by Mrs. Ford. Florence soon became and remained a dedicated believer from 1903. ‘Abdu'l-Baha later said of Florence, "she is a true believer".
She was also given a Persian State Title as Muravvihu's-Saltanih (Who Gives the Kingdom Life), in recognition of her services to Persia, a distinction never before been conferred on a foreign woman. Forty years later, Shoghi Effendi, the leader of the Faith honored her at her passing on June 27, 1950, "Profoundly grieve at passing of beloved, distinguished, staunch, great-hearted handmaid of beloved Master. Praying fervently for progress of her soul in Kingdom. Her reward assured. Loving sympathy."
Khan, Ali Kuli (1879-1966), her husband was a distinguished Bahá'í and diplomat who came to the United States in 1901 as a translator for Mirza Abu'l-Fadl. His marriage to Florence Breed in 1904 was the first marriage between a Persian and an American Bahá'í. He was an early translator of some of the most important works of Bahá'u'lláh into English."
Florence Breed Khan's In Memoriam, written by her daughter, Marzieh Gail, is in Vol. XII of Baha'i World, page 703.
Florence Breed from Boston, had family connections, brilliant parents, attended a Boston finishing school, met celebrities in her mother's home, become familiar with the culture of the Continent as well as Turkey and Greece, and spoke excellent French.
She chose the dramatic stage instead of being a married "society women" as was most common amongst her class. With the death of one of her boyfriends, Philip Savage, a Harvard Man, she turned to spiritual studies and left the East Coast for Chicago. She investigated "New Thought". She studied Christian Science and some of the members of that sect felt that she could become a healer. She took up Yogi breathing and levitated, or thought she did, a block. During her spiritual quest in Chicago,
Florence, following Mrs. Ford's spiritualistic searchings, attended her first Baha'i study class in Chicago in 1902. In 1903, Mrs. Ford went to Green Acre school in Elliot, Maine and met Ali-Kuli-Khan and Mirza Abu'l-Fad'l there and reported this back to Florence. Back in Boston in the fall of 1903, Florence was studying the Hidden Words given to her by Mrs. Ford. Florence soon became and remained a dedicated believer from 1903. ‘Abdu'l-Baha later said of Florence, "she is a true believer".
She was also given a Persian State Title as Muravvihu's-Saltanih (Who Gives the Kingdom Life), in recognition of her services to Persia, a distinction never before been conferred on a foreign woman. Forty years later, Shoghi Effendi, the leader of the Faith honored her at her passing on June 27, 1950, "Profoundly grieve at passing of beloved, distinguished, staunch, great-hearted handmaid of beloved Master. Praying fervently for progress of her soul in Kingdom. Her reward assured. Loving sympathy."
Khan, Ali Kuli (1879-1966), her husband was a distinguished Bahá'í and diplomat who came to the United States in 1901 as a translator for Mirza Abu'l-Fadl. His marriage to Florence Breed in 1904 was the first marriage between a Persian and an American Bahá'í. He was an early translator of some of the most important works of Bahá'u'lláh into English."
Florence Breed Khan's In Memoriam, written by her daughter, Marzieh Gail, is in Vol. XII of Baha'i World, page 703.
From the Washington DC Baha'i Tour page:
Florence Breed from Boston, had family connections, brilliant parents, attended a Boston finishing school, met celebrities in her mother's home, become familiar with the culture of the Continent as well as Turkey and Greece, and spoke excellent French.
She chose the dramatic stage instead of being a married "society women" as was most common amongst her class. With the death of one of her boyfriends, Philip Savage, a Harvard Man, she turned to spiritual studies and left the East Coast for Chicago. She investigated "New Thought". She studied Christian Science and some of the members of that sect felt that she could become a healer. She took up Yogi breathing and levitated, or thought she did, a block. During her spiritual quest in Chicago,
Florence, following Mrs. Ford's spiritualistic searchings, attended her first Baha'i study class in Chicago in 1902. In 1903, Mrs. Ford went to Green Acre school in Elliot, Maine and met Ali-Kuli-Khan and Mirza Abu'l-Fad'l there and reported this back to Florence. Back in Boston in the fall of 1903, Florence was studying the Hidden Words given to her by Mrs. Ford. Florence soon became and remained a dedicated believer from 1903. ‘Abdu'l-Baha later said of Florence, "she is a true believer".
She was also given a Persian State Title as Muravvihu's-Saltanih (Who Gives the Kingdom Life), in recognition of her services to Persia, a distinction never before been conferred on a foreign woman. Forty years later, Shoghi Effendi, the leader of the Faith honored her at her passing on June 27, 1950, "Profoundly grieve at passing of beloved, distinguished, staunch, great-hearted handmaid of beloved Master. Praying fervently for progress of her soul in Kingdom. Her reward assured. Loving sympathy."
Khan, Ali Kuli (1879-1966), her husband was a distinguished Bahá'í and diplomat who came to the United States in 1901 as a translator for Mirza Abu'l-Fadl. His marriage to Florence Breed in 1904 was the first marriage between a Persian and an American Bahá'í. He was an early translator of some of the most important works of Bahá'u'lláh into English."
Florence Breed Khan's In Memoriam, written by her daughter, Marzieh Gail, is in Vol. XII of Baha'i World, page 703.
Florence Breed from Boston, had family connections, brilliant parents, attended a Boston finishing school, met celebrities in her mother's home, become familiar with the culture of the Continent as well as Turkey and Greece, and spoke excellent French.
She chose the dramatic stage instead of being a married "society women" as was most common amongst her class. With the death of one of her boyfriends, Philip Savage, a Harvard Man, she turned to spiritual studies and left the East Coast for Chicago. She investigated "New Thought". She studied Christian Science and some of the members of that sect felt that she could become a healer. She took up Yogi breathing and levitated, or thought she did, a block. During her spiritual quest in Chicago,
Florence, following Mrs. Ford's spiritualistic searchings, attended her first Baha'i study class in Chicago in 1902. In 1903, Mrs. Ford went to Green Acre school in Elliot, Maine and met Ali-Kuli-Khan and Mirza Abu'l-Fad'l there and reported this back to Florence. Back in Boston in the fall of 1903, Florence was studying the Hidden Words given to her by Mrs. Ford. Florence soon became and remained a dedicated believer from 1903. ‘Abdu'l-Baha later said of Florence, "she is a true believer".
She was also given a Persian State Title as Muravvihu's-Saltanih (Who Gives the Kingdom Life), in recognition of her services to Persia, a distinction never before been conferred on a foreign woman. Forty years later, Shoghi Effendi, the leader of the Faith honored her at her passing on June 27, 1950, "Profoundly grieve at passing of beloved, distinguished, staunch, great-hearted handmaid of beloved Master. Praying fervently for progress of her soul in Kingdom. Her reward assured. Loving sympathy."
Khan, Ali Kuli (1879-1966), her husband was a distinguished Bahá'í and diplomat who came to the United States in 1901 as a translator for Mirza Abu'l-Fadl. His marriage to Florence Breed in 1904 was the first marriage between a Persian and an American Bahá'í. He was an early translator of some of the most important works of Bahá'u'lláh into English."
Florence Breed Khan's In Memoriam, written by her daughter, Marzieh Gail, is in Vol. XII of Baha'i World, page 703.
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