Alice Hansborough’s memoirs are a treat to read not just because we get to know so much about Vivekananda’s work in the American west coast but also because we come to know of the range of moods and …
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A month at a rented apartment in San Francisco
A month at a rented apartment in San Francisco Swamiji did not seem to be very comfortable and free at the ‘Home of Truth’ at the Pine Street because of its high occupancy that was not exactly …
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The World Teacher sets foot in Northern California
Swami Vivekananda set foot for the first time in the Bay Area of Northern California on 22nd February 1900, alighting from a Southern Pacific train at Oakland mole. Alice, who had come a week …
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Four weeks with the Meads: The Swami’s Californian family
While he was still at Mrs. Blodgett's home, Alice Hansborough had once suggested that he come and stay with them. The Meads were a family of modest means and lived in a rented house in the Lincoln …
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Work begins in Pasadena
As the Los Angeles work came to a halt, it was suggested to Swamiji that he should move his work to Pasadena. There he had been in contact with one Mrs. Emeline Bowler, a very wealthy woman, who was …