Chronology: Date 1980-10

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Date 1980-10, sorted by firsts, ascending

date	event	tags	firsts
1980 26 Oct 198-	Publication by the Universal House of Justice of the compilation on Attendance at National Spiritual Assembly Meetings. [MUHJ63-86p404]	National Spiritual Assemblies; - Compilations; * Publications; Administration; - Bahá'í World Centre
1980 Oct 198-	A completely new electrical system was installed in the Shrine of the Báb. [Bahái Chronicles]	Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); - Bahá'í World Centre
1980 17 Oct 198-	Leonora Stirling Holsapple Armstrong, (b.June 23, 1895, Hudson, New York), the 'spiritual mother of South America' and the first Latin American pioneer, passed away in the city of Salvador in Bahia, Brazil. She had served on the Continental Board of Counsellors from her appointment in 1973. [Mess63-86p248; BW18:738; VV32] For her obituary see BW18:733–738. See Armstrong, Counsellor Leonora: A Loving Portrait by Kristine Leonard Asuncion. Brief biographical sketch of Counsellor Armstrong, the "Spiritual Mother of South America" . Bahá'í Blog. Wikipedia. Bahaipedia. See FMH40-41 for the story of how she was inspired to go pioneering as told to Doris and Willard McKay. (She had been a classmate of Willard's sister Marguerite at Cornell University.)	Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Names and titles; - In Memoriam; Bahia, Brazil; Brazil; Biography	first pioneer Latin American
1980 Oct (Mid) 198-	The First Latin American Bahá'í Women's Conference was held in Brasilia at the Convention Centre. Leonera Armstrong, on her deathbed in Salvador, Bahia at the time, addressed the conference via a message recorded on cassette tape. Woman, light of the future generation - when we, the women of the world, reflect on the true meaning of this theme that was chosen and as its full meaning penetrates more and more deeply into the conscience of each woman, we must understand that affectionate, that supreme privilege is ours and that inescapable duty is ours, and so we must rise as never before, to fulfill our first obligation. Women know that they are the first educators of humanity ... [Biographical Profile]	Conferences, Women; - Conferences; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Brasilia, Brazil; Bahia, Brazil; Brazil; Latin America	The First Latin American Bahá'í Women's Conference was held in Brasilia.


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