Chapter 5 FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN

Extracts From the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh:

94: In this Day the Blessed Tree of Remembrance speaketh forth in the Kingdom...

95: We beseech the True One to adorn His handmaidens with the ornament of...

Extracts From the Writings and Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá:

96: The effulgence of the rays of the Sun of Truth is abundant and the favours...

97: In this great Cycle and wondrous Dispensation some women have been raised...

98: Confirmations from the kingdom of God will assuredly be received, enabling...

99: In this wondrous Dispensation the favours of the Glorious Lord are vouchsafed...

100: Blessed, blessed are ye for ye have arranged spiritual meetings and...

101: In this day the duty of everyone, whether man or woman, is to teach the Cause....

102: Now is the time to speak forth and to deliver speeches, the time to teach...

103: O handmaid of God!... To the mothers must be given the divine Teachings...

104: ...we must not make distinctions between individual members of the human...

105: In brief, the assumption of superiority by man will continue to be depressing...

106: The purpose, in brief, is this: that if woman be fully educated and...

107: The realities of things have been revealed in this radiant century, and...

108: Equality of the sexes will be established in proportion to the increased...

109: Woman must endeavour then to attain greater perfection, to be man's equal...

Extracts From Letters Written by Shoghi Effendi:

110: Regarding the position of the Bahá'í women in India and Burma, and their...

111: Full rights have been accorded to Bahá'í women residing in the cradle of the...

113: That the members of this community, of either sex and of every age, of...

Extracts From Letters and a Telex Written by the Universal House of Justice:

114: 'Abdu'l-Bahá has pointed out that "Among the miracles which distinguish...

115: PARTICULARLY CALL UPON BAHá'í WOMEN, WHOSE CAPACITIES IN MANY LANDS STILL...

116: The youth have long been in the forefront of the teaching work, and now our...

117: At the heart of all activities, the spiritual, intellectual and community...

118: The equality of men and women is not, at the present time, universally applied....

119: Calling upon local and national Bahá'í communities to sponsor a wide...

Extracts From Letters Written on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice:

120: The House of Justice regards the need to educate and guide women in their...

121: The principle of the equality between women and men, like the other...