Allen, Wellesca Pollock
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ALLEN, Wellesca Pollock (Mrs. Wilfred P. Allen), 804 B St., S.W., Washington,
D.C.

Disciple and teacher of Bahaism; b. Weston, Mass., Feb. 12, 1871; dau. George
Henry and Louise (Plessner) Pollock; ed. Washington (D.C.) public schools,
Washington Normal Kindergarten Inst. and Froebel Inst., Washington; m.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 5, 1906, Wilfred P. Allen; children: Wilfred Pollock, b.
Dec. 29, 1908; Harrison Dyar, Dec. 24, 1911. Taught kindergarten in the public
schools of Washington before marriage, pioneering the kindergarten idea in
that city. Before kindergarten could be introduced into the public schools of
Washington it was necessary to have a corps of trained colored teachers, and
she and her mother trained a class of 22 for that purpose, and they also
conducted a correspondence kindergarten course. Since 1901 interested in the
Bahai Revelation and has been engaged in disseminating its principles. In 1907
went to Acca, Syria, and visited Abdul Baha Abbas, the leader of this
movement, then a prisoner of the Turkish Government because of his religious
views. Made compilations of extracts from the teachings of Abdul Baha Abbas,
two in English and one in Persian: Selections from the Tablets of Abdul Baha
to Aseyeh, also Letters of Abdul Baha to the Children, and in Persian, Pearls
of the Kingdom.

Source: Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of
Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915, ed. John
William Leonard. New York: The American Commonwealth Company, 1914. Digitized
by Google.
    — Allen, Wellesca Pollock (Used by permission of the curator)