and again:
So it will come to pass that when women participate fully and equally in the affairs of the world, when they enter confidently and capably the great arena of laws and politics, war will cease;... (“The Promulgation of Universal Peace”, p. 135)
In the Tablet of the World, Bahá’u’lláh Himself has envisaged that women as well as men would be breadwinners in stating:
Everyone, whether man or woman, should hand over to a trusted person a portion of what he or she earneth through trade, agriculture or other occupation, for the training and education of children, to be spent for this purpose with the knowledge of the Trustees of the House of Justice.
(“Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas”, p. 90) (28 December 1980 to the National Spiritual Assembly of New Zealand) [92]
93: The duty of women in being the first educators of mankind is clearly set...
The duty of women in being the first educators of mankind is clearly set forth in the Writings. It is for every woman, if and when she becomes a mother, to determine how best she can discharge on the one hand her chief responsibility as a mother and on the other, to the extent possible, to participate in other aspects of the activities of the society of which she forms a part....
(22 April 1981 to an individual believer) [93]