When:
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
1:00-1:15 PM
Women’s History Month—-Celebrating Mary Baker Eddy
Sponsored by the Christian Science Informal Group, Germantown, Maryland
Mary Baker Eddy overcame great struggles in her life—ill health, poverty, injustice— to make an indelible mark on religion, health, and journalism.About this Event
Living in an era when women had few rights and opportunities, Mary Baker Eddy overcame years of ill health, poverty, and great personal struggle to make an indelible mark on society, religion, spiritual-based healing, and journalism. Here are just a few of her achievements.
• Founded, in her 87th year, an international newspaper respected around the world for its editorial integrity and news insight, winner of 7 Pulitzer prizes—The Christian Science Monitor.
• Authored a groundbreaking book on spirituality, health, and healing, currently published in 16 languages and Braille, honored by the Women’s National Book Association as one of 75 books by women “whose words have changed the world”—Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
.• Became the first American woman to found a lasting, American-based religious denomination, the Church of Christ, Scientist, with churches and reading rooms in over 70 countries.
• Founded and was president of a teaching college.
In 1995, Mary Baker Eddy was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, for “her indelible mark on society, religion, and journalism.”
Join us for a short video (15 minutes) to learn more about the life, ideas, and achievements of Mary Baker Eddy.
This Zoom event is sponsored by the Christian Science Informal Group, Germantown, Maryland.
To see this short video presentation on Zoom, log in to http://www.tinyurl.com/whmmbe a few minutes before 1:00 p.m. on March 18.
