Mary Baker Eddy’s discovery of Christian Science and founding of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, occurred during a period of political and social ferment in the United States—a time known as the Progressive Era. Everywhere, it seemed, conventional wisdom was being questioned and new ideas were being hatched about fairness, ethics, and how society, industry, and other parts of life should be organized and conducted.
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