Women of History
Untold stories of women with many different connections to Christian Science.
Women of History: Caroline Noyes
Read about a woman who helped establish the Christian Science movement in Chicago.
Women of History: Janet Horton
Read about the first woman to enter the military chaplaincy as a Christian Scientist.
Women of History: Lucy Hays Reynolds
Read about a prolific writer on Christian Science healing.
Women of History: Sibyl Wilbur
Meet one of Eddy’s earliest biographers.
Women of History: Fanny McNeil Potter
Meet a loyal cousin who supported Eddy’s work solely “for love’s sake.”
Women of History: Effie Andrews
Meet a woman who helped establish Christian Science in New York City.
Women of History: Josephine Otterson
Learn about the single largest donor to the building of the Original Mother Church.
Women of History: Alice B. Stockham
Read about one of the first women MDs in America—and her interest in Mary Baker Eddy’s teaching.
Women of History: Nancy Astor
Get to know this fascinating and sometimes controversial woman through her own words.
Women of History: Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian
Read about a woman who wrote many beloved articles on Christian Science.
Women of History: Mary Burt Messer
Read the untold story of a woman who sought to bridge the worlds of sociology and Christian Science.
Women of History: Catherine Anwandter
Read about Latin America’s first teacher of Christian Science.
Women of History: Martha Matilda Harper
Meet a Christian Scientist who brought innovation to the hair care industry.
Women of History: Ruth Barrett Phelps
Meet The Mother Church’s longest-serving organist.
Women of History: Marietta Webb
Meet one of the first African Americans to be listed as a Christian Science healer.
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