Laura Clifford Barney

From Bahaikipedia

Laura Clifford Barney (1879-1974, married name Laura Dreyfus-Barney) became a leading American Bahá’í teacher and philanthropist and was well known for having compiled Some Answered Questions from her interviews with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. She was the daughter of Albert and Alice Pike Barney, and sister of Natalie Clifford Barney.

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She attended Les Ruches, a French boarding school founded by feminist Marie Souvestre. While continuing her studies in Paris Laura met May Ellis Bolles (later Maxwell), a Canadian Bahá’í, and was converted to the faith in about 1900. Her mother converted soon afterward.