In May 1933, at the age of 22, she visited Washington, D.C. and insisted all meetings be open to both black and white people.[7] She held talks in Howard University and made an effort to meet African-American’s interested in the Bahá’í Faith. She also attended official functions with her father in Montreal during her twenties, meeting the Governor General of Canada at events such as the Royal Canadian Academy’s Fifty-Fourth Exhibition.[8]