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.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1062218
Recommended Citation
Yang, Jiling, "In Search of Martha Root: An American Baha'i Feminist and Peace Advocate in the Early Twentieth Century." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2007.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1062218