April 9. On this date in 1971, the UHJ wrote "the women's liberation movement ...having some influence on impressionable Bahá'í young women...stress the unique position that women occupy by being members of the Bahá'í Faith particularly through participation in the administration...."

 

April 9. On this date in 1971, the Universal House of Justice wrote the NSA of the US "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 Bahá'í young women, we feel it would be helpful if your Assembly were to stress the unique position that women occupy by being members of the Bahá'í Faith particularly through participation in the administration of its affairs on both a local and national scale."

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 Bahá'í young women, we feel it would be helpful if your Assembly were to stress the unique position that women occupy by being members of the Bahá'í Faith particularly through participation in the administration of its affairs on both a local and national scale.

9 April 1971 to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States