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She was born in Bow, New Hampshire and raised a Congregationalist, though she rebelled against teachings like predestination. She suffered chronic illness and developed a strong interest in the biblical accounts of early Christian healing. In 1843 she married George Washington Glover. He died about a year later, shortly before the birth of their only child, George Washington Glover, Jr. In 1853 she married Dr. Daniel Patterson. In the 1860s she began to explore faith-healing and associated with Phineas Quimby. His influence on her is disputed; she thought highly of him personally but ultimately disavowed his technique as more mesmerism-based than Christian.

After a severe injury in 1866 she turned to the Bible, recovered unexpectedly, and devoted the next three years to biblical study and the development of Christian Science. Convinced that illness was at base a mental illusion that could be healed through a clearer perception of God, she began teaching her theory of healing to others privately. She divorced her second husband in 1873Events The United Kingdom declares war against Ghana's King Kofi KariKari, who was involved in the trading of slaves. The war ended by July and the British established the Gold Coast Colony. January 17 Indian Wars: First Battle of the Stronghold during th for reason of adultery. In 1877Events January 1 Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act, introduced by United Kingdom Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. January 8 Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry ( Montana) Ja she married Asa Gilbert Eddy. She founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston in 1879. Her third husband died in 1882Events February 2 The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. March 2 Robert Maclean fails to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor Mar. She devoted the remaining years of her life to the establishment of her church and revision of its textbook, Science and Health with Key to the ScripturesScience and Health with Key to the Scriptures written by Mary Baker Eddy, is the foundation of the Christian Science movement. Its origin lay in notes growing out of biblical studies she undertook beginning in 1867 following a healing experience she repor.

She founded the Christian Science MonitorThe Christian Science Monitor is an international daily newspaper published Monday through Friday. It was founded in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. The paper relies primarily on its own reporters in bureaus in ele, a non-denominational daily newspaper; the Christian Science JournalThe Christian Science Journal is an official monthly publication of the Church of Christ, Scientist through the Christian Science Publishing Society, founded in 1883 by Mary Baker Eddy. Written chiefly for Christian Scientists, as opposed to the Christian, a monthly magazine written primarily for members; the Christian Science SentinelChristian Science Sentinel is the official weekly publication of the Church of Christ, Scientist through the Christian Science Publishing Society, founded in 1883 by Mary Baker Eddy. Written for a wider audience than Christian Scientists only, as opposed, a weekly religious periodical written for a wider audience, and the Christian Science Herald, a religious magazine in non-English languages.

The definitive, church-authorized, biography of Eddy is Robert Peel's trilogy Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Discovery, Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Trial, and Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Authority. A more recent single volume is a 1999 work by Gillian Gill, which includes review of the numerous other biographies over the years.