As regards the constitution of the House of Justice,
Bahá'u'lláh addresses the men. He says: "O ye men of the House of
Justice!" But when its members are to be elected, the right which belongs
to women, so far as their voting and their voice is concerned, is indisputable.
When the women attain to the ultimate degree of progress, then, according to
the exigency of the time and place and their great capacity, they shall obtain
extraordinary privileges. Be ye confident on these accounts. His Holiness
Bahá'u'lláh has greatly strengthened the cause of women, and the rights and
privileges of women is one of the greatest principles of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Rest ye
assured! Ere long the days shall come when the men addressing the women, shall
say: 'Blessed are ye! Blessed are ye! Verily ye are worthy of every gift.
Verily ye deserve to adorn your heads with the crown of everlasting glory,
because in sciences and arts, in virtues and perfections ye shall become equal
to man, and as regards tenderness of heart and the abundance of mercy and
sympathy ye are superior'
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet to an individual
believer, published in ‘Paris Talks: Addresses given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris
in 1911-1912’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Women)
