Susan I. Moody
2 stories in the library.
A life in stories
'Abdu'l-Bahá's ministry (1892–1921)
A Lamp Carried East: Dr. Susan Moody Answers the Call to Tehran
At fifty-eight, when many would be winding down, Dr. Susan I. Moody closed her Chicago medical practice and travelled alone to Tehran at 'Abdu'l-Bahá's call — to carry the light of healing to the sick and the light of learning to the daughters of a country that did not yet think girls worth teaching. Her first letters home carried one quiet, decisive sentence: "The girls' school is assured."
9 min
Dr. Susan Moody and the Tehran Girls' School
In 1910 the Star of the West relayed letters from Dr. Susan I. Moody, the American physician sent by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Tehran. She wrote back about a gathering of women in the Persian capital and the plans then under way for the Tarbíyat Girls' School. *The girls' school is assured.*
2 min