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Janet Ruhe-Schoen is a writer and collagist. She’s published four books of biography, most recently Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle, telling the stories of African-American lawyer and human rights activist Louis Gregory and others who worked with him to integrate communities in early 20th Century North America.
In 2011 she published Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Tahirih, telling the story of the 19th Century Iranian poet and feminist martyr Tahirih Qurratu’l-Ayn.
She's also the author of A Love Which Does Not Wait - 9 biographies of great pioneering Baha'i teachers, and The Nightingale, Baha'u'llah/ El Ruisenyor, Baha'u'llah.
Ruhe-Schoen worked as a journalist in Chile and the U.S., and has traveled widel ...more

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	Love Which Does not Wait 4.76 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Tahirih 4.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Pan for Gold on Your Next Vacation: A Guide to Low-Cost, Unique Adventures 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	UN AMOR QUE NO ESPERA: RESEÑAS BIOGRÁFICAS by Janet Ruhe-Schoen (Goodreads Author), Miguel Gil Santesteban (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Champions of Oneness Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle by Janet Ruhe-Schoen

Not actually my fourth book. It's my fifth if I count the self-published book of poetry. But it's my fourth book of biography. Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle I gave a brief presentation at a Gospel Cafe in the Cultural Center in the town where I live. Souls United of the Hudson Valley -- the choir performing its fifth anniversary concert -- asked me to MC and also t Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 25, 2015 14:31 • Tags: abdu-l-baha, baha-i, champions-of-oneness, civil-rights, human-rights, louis-gregory, race-relations, racial-amity

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“Earth and air, fire and water, the stars in their courses, the high tide of destiny and the Will of divine Providence are all arrayed against the forces of oppression. -- Louis Gregory”
― Janet Ruhe-Schoen, Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle

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“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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“E pur si muove."

(And yet it moves.)

(What Galileo purportedly muttered after torturers forced him to recant his theory that the earth orbits the sun.)”
― Galileo Galilei

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“... He remembered once hearing his grandmother... say plaintively: "Why daughter, I presume I can go without -- BUT I CAN'T ECONOMIZE.”
― Edith Wharton, Hudson River Bracketed

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“If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying.”
― Jaroslav Seifert

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