Date of Award
1-12-2007
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Women's Studies
First Advisor
Ian Fletcher - Chair
Second Advisor
Layli Phillips
Third Advisor
Christopher White
Abstract
Martha Root (1872-1939) was an exceptional religious and spiritual activist, a leading figure in the international women's peace movement, and a new organism of a new world in the early twentieth century. This thesis represents Martha Root from three aspects: the early life of Martha Root, her four world teaching trips from 1919 to 1939, with a focus on her peace advocacy, and an investigation into her gender awareness and identity construction by reflecting on Tahirih the Pure, Iran's Greatest Woman, Martha Root's only book.
Recommended Citation
Yang, Jiling, "In Search of Martha Root: An American Baha'i Feminist and Peace Advocate in the Early Twentieth Century" (2007). Women's Studies Theses. Paper 11.
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/wsi_theses/11