HARRIET GIBBS MARSHALL (1868-1941) She became a Baha’i in 1912, while Abdu’l Baha was visiting the US. An extremely educated woman – especially for that time – she studied piano, pipe organ, and voice culture at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and in 1889. Ms. Marshall was the first African American that earned a Mus.B. … Continue reading Harriet Gibbs Marshall