Leonora Armstrong's father was businessman Samuel Norris Holsapple and her mother was Grace Heathcote Stirling, who served actively in civic work and had taught school.
11 Facts About Leonora Armstrong
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However, Grace had serious health problems [what would later be known as diabetes], and died soon after Leonora Armstrong turned five years old.
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Leonora Armstrong read the entire Bible as a child, a secret she only disclosed later in life, and was high school valedictorian.
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Leonora Armstrong entered Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, on a full four-year scholarship and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.
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Leonora Armstrong graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell, where she had studied Latin, Greek, Physics, Botany, Astronomy and Chemistry.
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Leonora Armstrong got her first job in an office through a young theosophist in the city of Santos, Sao Paulo.
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When she could, Leonora Armstrong would participate as a speaker in the national conferences.
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Leonora Armstrong always had a lot of support from many Theosophists and Esperantists in her services.
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Leonora Armstrong was one of the first members, together with some Brazilians who had converted to the Baha'i faith.
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Leonora Armstrong was a notable defender of women's rights, emphasizing their role as educators and servants for the cause of world peace.
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Leonora Armstrong spent her last years in Minas Gerais, in the city of Juiz de Fora, and died on October 17,1980, at the age of 85 in the city of Salvador.