Margaret Beveridge Stevenson
First New Zealander of the Baháʼí Faith (1865–1941)
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Margaret Beveridge Stevenson (30 November 1865 – 11 February 1941) was the first New Zealand member of the Baháʼí Faith.
Margaret Beveridge Stevenson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1865 |
| Died | 1941 (aged 75–76) |
Biography
Born in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga in New Zealand on 30 November 1865 to mother Margaret Turnbull and father, William Stevenson.[1]
In 1913, at age 47, Stevenson became a member of the Baha'i faith, and New Zealand's first member.[2][3] By 1924 she became president of the New Zealand Baha'i group and was widely noted as the "mother of the cause".[2] Margaret was introduced to the Baha'i faith by her sister Amy who had heard ‘Abdu’l-bahá, who father founded the faith, speak in London.[1]
She died on 11 February 1941 and is buried at Hillsborough Cemetery.[4]
