Leonora Stirling Armstrong (1895- 1980) – “SPIRITUAL MOTHER of SOUTH AMERICA”
“HERALD
OF THE KINGDOM, BELOVED HANDMAIDEN of ABDU’L-BAHA, SPIRITUAL MOTHER of SOUTH
AMERICA”; the first Baha'i pioneer to settle permanently in Latin America; In
1927, the first Baha'i to visit and speak of the Cause in Colombia, Venezuela,
Curacao, Trinidad, Barbados, Haiti, British Guiana and Dutch Guiana; In 1930,
found the first Baha'i group of Spain; In 1961 helped with translation of ‘God
Passes By’ and ‘The Dawn-Breakers’ into Portuguese
