Hands of the Cause of God Dorothy Baker was a Jewel from the Jewish Treasure

Hands of the Cause of God Dorothy Baker and Ali-Akbar Furutan

Dorothy Beecher Baker, a grandniece of the famous author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, was born in Newark, New Jersey, on the 21st of December, 1898. Her grandmother, Betty Beecher (known to the Baha'is as Mother Beecher), embraced the Baha'i Faith early in this century; later her parents also accepted the Cause of Baha'u'llah.
 

In 1912, when she was a young girl, Dorothy's grandmother took her to visit 'Abdu'l-Baha. The Master called Mrs. Beecher on the following day and said, "I called you to say that your grand-daughter is My own daughter. You must train her for Me." Indeed, 'Abdu'l Baha sensed the virtues and capacities in Dorothy, who was to become one of the outstanding teachers and Baha'i administrators of the Western Hemisphere.

(Baha'i News, January 1974, Page 14)