Henrietta B. Seiberling: Ohio's Lady with a Cause

In the summer of 2004, the Gate Lodge on the immense Seiberling Estate which is known as Stan Hywet Museum and Gardens as opened to the public. This historic site is where Mrs. Henrietta Seiberling raised her three children and where she introduced A.A. co-founders-to-be Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith to each other in the hope that the result would be Dr.Bob's recovery from alcoholism. Henrietta's deep faith in God, familiarity with Scriptures, and frequent resort to prayer were factors which enabled her to work effectively in the early days of the Akron A.A. pioneer fellowship and help bring about the astonishing cures. In this title, which was written and presented at the opening of the Gate Lodge, A.A. historian Dick B. tells the Seiberling story from Henrietta's marriage into the famous Seiberling family to her spiritual infusion of ideas into the A.A. program of the 1930's. It is inspirational, informative, and presents facts hitherto unknown about Henrietta's vital role in the development of Alcoholics Anonymous