At age 18 she married Leonard Hilty and moved from her home near Valley Falls to Enterprise, Kansas. There they had three girls, the middle one dying as an infant. In 1897 Rose and Leonard attended classes on the Bahá'í Faith in the home of his mother, Barbara Ehrsam. This began the second Bahá'í community west of Egypt.
In 1906 Rose moved to Topeka to join Leonard who had found work there. She became the first Bahá'í in the capital city. In 1917 she returned to Enterprise for three years, then returned to Topeka where Leonard died in 1926. Rose survived him by eight years.
In February 1934 several members of the Topeka Bahá'í community interviewed Rose about her Bahá'í experiences. This interview provided the basis of Topeka, and Kansas, Bahá'í history. She died shortly after. Her books were given to the Bahá'ís and form the basis of the Topeka Bahá'í library.
Her life has an importance far beyond what she realized.
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At age 18 she married Leonard Hilty and moved from her home near Valley Falls to Enterprise, Kansas. There they had three girls, the middle one dying as an infant. In 1897 Rose and Leonard attended classes on the Bahá'í Faith in the home of his mother, Barbara Ehrsam. This began the second Bahá'í community west of Egypt.
In 1906 Rose moved to Topeka to join Leonard who had found work there. She became the first Bahá'í in the capital city. In 1917 she returned to Enterprise for three years, then returned to Topeka where Leonard died in 1926. Rose survived him by eight years.
In February 1934 several members of the Topeka Bahá'í community interviewed Rose about her Bahá'í experiences. This interview provided the basis of Topeka, and Kansas, Bahá'í history. She died shortly after. Her books were given to the Bahá'ís and form the basis of the Topeka Bahá'í library.
Her life has an importance far beyond what she realized.
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