November 20. On this date in 1851, Susan I. Moody was born in Amsterdam, New York. An early Chicago Bahá'í, Moody studied medicine when she was fifty and established a practice in Chicago. In 1909, Moody travelled to Tehran, breaking her journey at 'Akka, Palestine, to spend several days visiting 'Abdu'l-Bahá. She arrived in Tehran November 25, 1909, and within a few weeks had a flourishing private practice.

 

November 20. On this date in 1851, Susan I. Moody was born in Amsterdam, New York. An early Chicago Bahá'í, Moody studied medicine when she was fifty and established a practice in Chicago. In 1909, Moody travelled to Tehran, breaking her journey at 'Akka, Palestine, to spend several days visiting 'Abdu'l-Bahá. She arrived in Tehran November 25, 1909, and within a few weeks had a flourishing private practice.