Sheila Rice-Wray
On 2 May 1997 in the Dominican Republic. Sheila Daisy Reid Nelson
was born 8 November 1908 in South Dakota, in the United States, and
became a Baha'i at the age of thirty. She wrote to the Guardian, asking
where she should go to help complete the goals of the first Seven Year Plan,
and left Chicago in 1947 to travel through Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the
Dominican Republic, spurred on by a cable from Haifa that read "Advise
Latin America Loving Prayers Shoghi." Eventually settling in Paraguay
in 19 50, she later moved to Bolivia and to the Dominican Republic
at the request of Dorothy Baker. From 1954 to 1957, Mrs. Rice-Wray
was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Central America. From 1957 to 1961, she served on the National Assembly
of the Baha'is of Greater Antilles as the treasurer, and from 1961 to 1983
she was the treasurer of the National Assembly of the Baha'is of the Dominican
Republic, where she remained until her death. Mrs. Rice-Wray
studied education and architectural engineering and was an accomplished
painter. The gallery at the Dominican American Cultural Institute in Santo
Domingo bears her name.
On 2 May 1997 in the Dominican Republic. Sheila Daisy Reid Nelson
was born 8 November 1908 in South Dakota, in the United States, and
became a Baha'i at the age of thirty. She wrote to the Guardian, asking
where she should go to help complete the goals of the first Seven Year Plan,
and left Chicago in 1947 to travel through Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the
Dominican Republic, spurred on by a cable from Haifa that read "Advise
Latin America Loving Prayers Shoghi." Eventually settling in Paraguay
in 19 50, she later moved to Bolivia and to the Dominican Republic
at the request of Dorothy Baker. From 1954 to 1957, Mrs. Rice-Wray
was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Central America. From 1957 to 1961, she served on the National Assembly
of the Baha'is of Greater Antilles as the treasurer, and from 1961 to 1983
she was the treasurer of the National Assembly of the Baha'is of the Dominican
Republic, where she remained until her death. Mrs. Rice-Wray
studied education and architectural engineering and was an accomplished
painter. The gallery at the Dominican American Cultural Institute in Santo
Domingo bears her name.
Sheila Rice-Wray
On 2 May 1997 in the Dominican Republic. Sheila Daisy Reid Nelson
was born 8 November 1908 in South Dakota, in the United States, and
became a Baha'i at the age of thirty. She wrote to the Guardian, asking
where she should go to help complete the goals of the first Seven Year Plan,
and left Chicago in 1947 to travel through Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the
Dominican Republic, spurred on by a cable from Haifa that read "Advise
Latin America Loving Prayers Shoghi." Eventually settling in Paraguay
in 19 50, she later moved to Bolivia and to the Dominican Republic
at the request of Dorothy Baker. From 1954 to 1957, Mrs. Rice-Wray
was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Central America. From 1957 to 1961, she served on the National Assembly
of the Baha'is of Greater Antilles as the treasurer, and from 1961 to 1983
she was the treasurer of the National Assembly of the Baha'is of the Dominican
Republic, where she remained until her death. Mrs. Rice-Wray
studied education and architectural engineering and was an accomplished
painter. The gallery at the Dominican American Cultural Institute in Santo
Domingo bears her name.
On 2 May 1997 in the Dominican Republic. Sheila Daisy Reid Nelson
was born 8 November 1908 in South Dakota, in the United States, and
became a Baha'i at the age of thirty. She wrote to the Guardian, asking
where she should go to help complete the goals of the first Seven Year Plan,
and left Chicago in 1947 to travel through Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the
Dominican Republic, spurred on by a cable from Haifa that read "Advise
Latin America Loving Prayers Shoghi." Eventually settling in Paraguay
in 19 50, she later moved to Bolivia and to the Dominican Republic
at the request of Dorothy Baker. From 1954 to 1957, Mrs. Rice-Wray
was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Central America. From 1957 to 1961, she served on the National Assembly
of the Baha'is of Greater Antilles as the treasurer, and from 1961 to 1983
she was the treasurer of the National Assembly of the Baha'is of the Dominican
Republic, where she remained until her death. Mrs. Rice-Wray
studied education and architectural engineering and was an accomplished
painter. The gallery at the Dominican American Cultural Institute in Santo
Domingo bears her name.
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