ctive and
systematic part in the general affairs of the Movement, and prove
themselves in every way enlightened, responsible and efficient co-workers
to their fellow-men in their common task for the advancement of the Cause
throughout their country.

May they fully realize their high responsibilities in this day, may they
do all in their power to justify the high hopes we cherish for their
future, and may they prove themselves in every respect worthy of the noble
mission which the Baha'i world is now entrusting to their charge.

(27 December 1923 to the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma)
[110]

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

Full rights have been accorded to Baha'i women residing in the cradle of
the Faith, to participate in the membership of both national and local
Baha'i Spiritual Assemblies, removing thereby the last remaining obstacle
to the enjoyment of complete equality of rights in the conduct of the
administrative affairs of the Persian Baha'i Community.

(April 1954, published in "Messages to the Baha'i World 1950-1957"
(Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1971), p. 65) [111]

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

That the members of this community, of either sex and of every age, of
whatever race or background, however limited in experience, capacity and
knowledge, may arise as one man, and seize with both hands the God-given
opportunities now presented to them through the dispensations of an
all-loving, ever-watchful, ever-sustaining Providence, and lend thereby a
tremendous impetus to the propelling forces mysteriously guiding the
operations of this newly-launched, unspeakably potent, world-encompassing
Crusade, is one of the dearest wishes which a loving and longing heart
holds for them at this great turning point in the fortunes of the Faith of
Baha'u'llah in the American continent.

(20 June 1954 to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States,
published in "Citadel of Faith: Messages to America 1947-1957" (Wilmette:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1980), p. 132) [112]

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

Concerning the point you raised in your letter ... that the women's
liberation movement in ... is assuming extreme positions which are having
some influence on impressionable Baha'i young women, we feel it would be
helpful i