In this Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, the women go neck and
neck with the men. In no movement will they be left behind. Their rights with
men are equal in degree. They will enter all the administrative branches of
politics. They will attain in all such a degree as will be considered the very
highest station of the world of humanity and will take part in all affairs.
Rest ye assured. Do ye not look upon the present conditions; in the not far
distant future the world of women will become all-refulgent and all-glorious,
For His Holiness Bahá’u’lláh Hath Willed It so! At the time of elections the
right to vote is the inalienable right of women, and the entrance of women into
all human departments is an irrefutable and incontrovertible question. No soul
can retard or prevent it.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet to an individual
believer, published in ‘Paris Talks: Addresses given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris
in 1911-1912’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Women)
