Amelia Collins

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Amelia Engelder Collins (1873-1962) was a prominent American Bahá'í and a Hand of the Cause. She became Bahá'í in 1919 and made large donations to several Bahá'í projects in Haifa, Israel, like the building of the Western Pilgrim House, the Shrine of the Báb the International Archives building and the purchasing of the land for the future House of Worship on Mount Carmel.

She was appointed Hand of the Cause and vice-president of the International Bahá'í Council by Shoghi Effendi in 1951.

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• Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude, Paperback, Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-413-1.