Women of History
Untold stories of women with many different connections to Christian Science.
Women of History: Florence Alden Gragg
Read about a pioneer in the field of women’s education.
Women of History: Lulu Knight
Learn about the first African American teacher of Christian Science.
Women of History: Lilian Whiting
Meet a journalist who admired Mary Baker Eddy and became her friend.
Women of History: Sue Ella Bradshaw
Learn about the first Christian Science practitioner and teacher on the U.S. West Coast.
Women of History: Rachel Crane Mather
Read the story of an early advocate for young African Americans.
Women of History: Katherine Fanning
Learn the story of the first woman to run an international newspaper.
Women of History: Julia Bartlett
Read about one of Eddy’s longest-serving helpers.
Women of History: Maria Louise Baum
Meet the author of seven well-known Christian Science hymns.
Women of History: Willa Cather
Why did this New York journalist move to Boston late in 1906?
Women of History: Charlotte Saikowski
Read about this highly esteemed Christian Science Monitor journalist.
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.
