Martha Root #7: Perseverance (1926 – 1937)

This week’s episode in “The Life of Martha Root” is episode 7: Perseverance (1926 – 1937). During this monumental decade, Martha travels 128 times between 43 countries, has 26 audiences with royalty and presidents (including 9 with Queen Marie) attends 24 Congresses, visits 30 German universities and 40 America universities, all while she becomes sicker and sicker. Nothing stops Martha Root, she receives praises from the Guardian in personal letters addressed to her, and letters addressed to the Bahá’ís of East and West, she goes on her second pilgrimage to Haifa, visits Iraq and Iran, and accomplishes immortal feats of heroism.

✻ ✻ ✻ Part 7: Perseverance ✻ ✻ ✻

00:00:00 – Welcome
00:02:19 – Chapter 1: A monumental decade
00:14:51 – Chapter 2: Europe
00:29:00 – Chapter 3: Martha’s second pilgrimage
00:33:49 – Chapter 4: Syria, Iraq and Iran
00:47:29 – Chapter 5: India, China, and Japan
00:51:06 – Chapter 6: The United States and Canada
00:57:32 – Chapter 7: Last journey through Europe