Lottie Tobias became a Baha'i in 1950 when there were only a
few dozen believers in Netherlands. She was elected to the first Local
Spiritual Assembly of Den Haag in 1952, and in 1957 was elected a member of the
first Spiritual Assembly of the Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg), serving as secretary for the Netherlands. In 1962 she was elected
to the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the Netherlands, and
served on that body until 1986. For 24 years she was the secretary.
