Two enterprising women describe the public service ventures they founded and how the media has helped advance their respective missions. The Christian Science Monitor’s international editor, David Scott, addresses his paper’s role in effecting positive social change.
This exhibit explores the often tabloid-like press coverage of Mary Baker Eddy’s personal life and the motivations behind her founding The Christian Science Monitor newspaper at age 87.
A life of service can take a variety of forms, from focused work benefiting a close community to an overarching plan for the betterment of humanity. In 2010, the Library examined Mary Baker Eddy’s personal story of service through a year-long exhibition.
The flag on display in the Library is one of two that hung above the speakers’ podium during the 1907 Peace Congress proceedings in New York, presided over by Andrew Carnegie. The flag was given to Mary Baker Eddy in honor of her support of this and other peace movements.
A panel discussion on healing, spirituality, and nursing, with Peggy Burkhardt, Professor of Nursing, West Virginia University; Linda Kohler, Supervisor of Christian Science Nursing Activities worldwide; and Jean Watson, nursing theorist and founder of the Watson Caring Science Institute.
