May 4, 2023

The first Baha'i of Hawaiian ancestry

Mrs. Mary Fantom has the distinction of being the first Baha'i of Hawaiian blood. She was affectinately known as Auntie May. She was a long time resident of Maui and closely associated with Hand of the Cause Agnes Alexander. This photograph was taken on Auntie May's ninety-first birthday. 

(Baha'i News, March 1971)