Shoghi Effendi had difficulty
in securing suitable secretarial support. At some times family members assisted,
while at others, Western Baha’is
served as secretaries during extended periods spent in Haifa. They included 'Azizu’llláh
S. Bahádur (19241), Soheil Afnán (1924-1930),
Rúhí Afnán (1926-1933), H. Rabbáni
(1931-1940),
Mehrenguiz Rabbáni (1932), J.E. Esslemont (1925), and Ethel J. Rosenberg (1927). Later,
secretarial support was given
the Guardian by Rúhíyyih Khánum,
and in the 1950s, Amelia Collins
(1951), Leroy Ioas (1952-1957), and Jessie Revell (1953).
(Prepared by Graham Hassall, Preface to ‘Messages to the Antipodes, Communications from Shoghi Effendi to the Baha’i Communities of Australasia’)
(Prepared by Graham Hassall, Preface to ‘Messages to the Antipodes, Communications from Shoghi Effendi to the Baha’i Communities of Australasia’)