tree most prized by the
date grower. The Arab knows that for a long journey the mare has the
longest wind. For her greater strength and fierceness, the lioness is more
feared by the hunter than the lion.

The woman has greater moral courage than the man; she has also special
gifts which enable her to govern in moments of danger and crisis....

("'Abdu'l-Baha in London: Addresses, and Notes of Conversations" (London:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1982), pp. 102-3) [88]

Extracts From Letters Written on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi:

89: Concerning Baha'i representation at the All-Asian Women's Conference:
this...

Concerning Baha'i representation at the All-Asian Women's Conference: this
is undoubtedly a most commendable thing to do especially as the Cause has
so much concerning the position of women in society. Shoghi Effendi hopes
that the National Assembly will do its best to win the admiration of all
the assembled delegates for the teachings of the Cause along that line. We
should always take such opportunities that present themselves. Maybe we
would succeed to render some service to society and alleviate its ills.

(10 November 1930 to the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma)
[89]

90: What 'Abdu'l-Baha meant about the women arising for peace is that this
is a...

What 'Abdu'l-Baha meant about the women arising for peace is that this is
a matter which vitally affects women, and when they form a conscious and
overwhelming mass of public opinion against war there can be no war. The
Baha'i women are already organized through being members of the Faith and
the Administrative Order. No further organization is needed. But they
should, through teaching and through the active moral support they give to
every movement directed towards peace, seek to exert a strong influence on
other women's minds in regard to this essential matter.

(24 March 1945 to an individual believer) [90]

Extract From a Letter Written by the Universal House of Justice

91: The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between
the...

The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the
sexes, is one of the most important, though less acknowledged
prerequisites of peace. The denial of such equality perpetrates an
injustice against one half of the world's population and promotes in men
harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the
workplace, to political lif