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'''Mary Baker Eddy''' (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the founder of the [[Christian Science]] movement and   
'''Mary Baker Eddy''' (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the founder of the [[Christian Science]] movement and   
the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], founder of a Pulitzer-prize-winning, international newspaper ''The Christian Science Monitor'',  and author of the book '''Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures'''.
the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], founder of a Pulitzer-prize-winning, international newspaper ''The Christian Science Monitor'',  and author of the book '''Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures'''.  Poor and homeless (dwelling with various friends and relatives) for the first half of her life, by the end of her life, she had become wealthy and a property owner, and was one of the most controversial and powerful women of her time.  More than two dozen biographies have been written about her life, beginning in 1907 (three years before her death), and including a new one as recently as 2014.

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Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the founder of the Christian Science movement and the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, founder of a Pulitzer-prize-winning, international newspaper The Christian Science Monitor, and author of the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Poor and homeless (dwelling with various friends and relatives) for the first half of her life, by the end of her life, she had become wealthy and a property owner, and was one of the most controversial and powerful women of her time. More than two dozen biographies have been written about her life, beginning in 1907 (three years before her death), and including a new one as recently as 2014.