Ethel Jenner Rosenberg (6 August 1858 â 17 November 1930) became the first English BaháüÃÂ.
Rosenberg became a Baháüàwhen she converted in 1899, after having been introduced to the BaháüàFaith by Mary Thornburgh-Cropper, an American resident in London who had converted in 1898. Rosenberg was born in the city of Bath, Somerset, to a Jewish family and was a painter trained at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. She was ûAbdu'l-Bahá's social secretary during his visits to London. ûAbdu'l-Bahá asked her, among others, to give consideration to publishing Baháüàbooks, which resulted in the publication of ûAbdu'l-Bahá in London and A Brief Account of the Bahai Movement. Rosenberg also assisted Laura Clifford Barney in compiling Some Answered Questions and Lady Blomfield in compiling Paris Talks.
Rosenberg traveled to America three times, initially doing so with MÃÂrzá Abu'l-Faá¸Âl and Laura Clifford Barney. She would spend many months in the United States and stayed with Phoebe Hearst.
Rosenberg made three pilgrimages to Haifa, in 1904, 1909 and 1921. When she arrived in Haifa for her third pilgrimage, in 1921, she found that ûAbdu'l-Bahá had recently died. Remaining in Haifa, she greeted Lady Blomfield, Shoghi Effendi, and Shoghi Effendi's sister Ruhangiz when the three arrived from England on 29 December 1921. Shoghi Effendi gave her instructions for the calling of the first National Spiritual Assembly of England, on which she would serve.