Mary Baker Eddy
/ˌmeəri ˌbeɪkər ˈedi/
/ˌmeri ˌbeɪkər ˈedi/
- (1821-1910) the American woman who in 1879 began the Church of Christ, Scientist. She first presented her idea that religious belief can cure illness in her book Science and Health (1875). She also began the Christian Science Monitor newspaper in 1908. see also Christian Scientist
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Mary Baker Eddy