Laura Clifford Barney

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Laura Clifford Barney (1879-1974, married name Laura Dreyfus-Barney) became a leading American Bahá'í teacher and philanthropist. She was the daughter of Albert and Alice Pike Barney, and sister of Natalie Clifford Barney. She is well known for having compiled the Bahá'í text Some Answered Questions from her interviews with `Abdu'l-Bahá.

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She attended Les Ruches, a French boarding school founded by feminist Marie Souvestre. While continuing her studies in Paris Laura met May Ellis Bolles (later Maxwell), a Canadian Bahá'í, and was converted to the faith in about 1900. Her mother converted soon afterward.