Julia Lynch Olin

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Her association with Ahmad Sohrab led to the creation of the New History Society and the Caravan of the East and West.  Her house in Manhattan was christened the "Caravan House".  The New History Society published a number of works.  Caravan was an organization to introduce young people to the Baha'i religion, a sort-of youth core, before joining the main body.  At one time Caravan boasted of having tens of thousands of members all over the world.
 
Her association with Ahmad Sohrab led to the creation of the New History Society and the Caravan of the East and West.  Her house in Manhattan was christened the "Caravan House".  The New History Society published a number of works.  Caravan was an organization to introduce young people to the Baha'i religion, a sort-of youth core, before joining the main body.  At one time Caravan boasted of having tens of thousands of members all over the world.
  
When [[Edward VIII, King of England]] resigned his throne in 1936, in order to marry [[Wallis Simpson]], Julia Chanler formed an organization called the ''Friends of the Duke of Windsor in America''.
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When [[Edward VIII, King of England]] resigned his throne in 1936, in order to marry [[Bessie Wallis Warfield|Wallis Simpson]], Julia Chanler formed an organization called the ''Friends of the Duke of Windsor in America''.
  
 
Sohrab and Julia were ordered to submit to the New York Baha'i organization, to be under their aegis and they refused.  For this Sohrab was excommunicated from the religion in 1939 by Shoghi Effendi, the then-head of the religion.  Later, in 1941, the National Spiritual Assemby sued Sohrab, Julia and her husband to try to stop them from using the name Baha'i in their efforts.  The organization lost this case, setting the precedent that the name Baha'i, standing for a religion, may be used by anyone.
 
Sohrab and Julia were ordered to submit to the New York Baha'i organization, to be under their aegis and they refused.  For this Sohrab was excommunicated from the religion in 1939 by Shoghi Effendi, the then-head of the religion.  Later, in 1941, the National Spiritual Assemby sued Sohrab, Julia and her husband to try to stop them from using the name Baha'i in their efforts.  The organization lost this case, setting the precedent that the name Baha'i, standing for a religion, may be used by anyone.

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