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A list of key readings about Mary Baker Eddy.

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Biography:
- Mary Baker Eddy by Gillian Gill, 1998. Perseus Books. ISBN 0-7382-0042-5. 713 pages.
  - I am a big fan of the G. Gill biography. It's author was the first writer to be granted access to archives closely held by the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston. This now out-of-print, 713-page tome (150+ pages of which are notes, references and appendices) is one of the more clear-eyed examinations of MBE's life, and contains much useful material about the condition and expectations for women in the latter part of nineteenth-century America. Taking essentially no stand on whether or not MBE posessed a special healing ability, and making no judgements about her religion, the book examines MBE as a person and, later, a public figure. It's one of those books where you'll find yourself spending as much time reading the footnotes as the text itself.Pat Palmer (talk) 18:14, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

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 ** '''Mary Baker Eddy''' by Gillian Gill, 1998. ''Perseus Books''. ISBN 0-7382-0042-5.  713 pages.
+*** I am a big fan of the G. Gill biography.  It's author was the first writer to be granted access to archives closely held by the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston.  This now out-of-print, 713-page tome (150+ pages of which are notes, references and appendices) is one of the more clear-eyed examinations of MBE's life, and contains much useful material about the condition and expectations for women in the latter part of nineteenth-century America.  Taking essentially no stand on whether or not MBE posessed a special healing ability, and making no judgements about her religion, the book examines MBE as a person and, later, a public figure.  It's one of those books where you'll find yourself spending as much time reading the footnotes as the text itself.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] ([[User talk:Pat Palmer|talk]]) 18:14, 27 July 2020 (UTC)