How was Mary Baker Eddy able to accomplish so much in a time when women had few rights and were often treated as second-class citizens? Teachers, journalists, corporate professionals, historians, and theologians are just some of the individuals who have been seeking to know more about this remarkable woman and her life-transforming book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
The media's interest in Mrs. Eddy is telling, as articles and broadcasts in the past year have increasingly highlighted her accomplishments. A television program, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, named her one of the top twenty-five religious figures who have most influenced Americans. A newspaper reporter who watched the program immediately became interested and read from biographies and her own writings to learn more. The result was a lengthy article, "Christian Science's Mary Baker Eddy," in the "Leaders & Success" section of the paper, Investor's Business Daily.
Last year the Journal reported on an exhibit on the life of Mrs. Eddy at the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New York. We've received many questions from readers interested in how and why this exhibit came about. The following are excerpts from remarks shared at a special meeting with The Christian Science Board of Lectureship by the exhibit's project manager.
