Mary Baker Eddy, First Church of Christ Scientist, 1899
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Mother Church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science Church located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1894, and an annex larger in footprint than the original structure was added in 1906. Branch churches of The Mother Church may take the title of First Church of Christ, Scientist; Second; but the article The must not be used, presumably to concede the primacy of the Boston Mother Church. Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 - December 3, 1910) established the Church of Christ, Scientist, as a Christian denomination and worldwide movement of spiritual healers. She wrote and published the movement's textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and 15 other books. She started several weekly and monthly magazines - the Christian Science Sentinel, The Christian Science Journal, and The Herald of Christian Science - that feature articles on Christian Science practice and verified testimonies of healing. In 1908, at the age of 87, she founded The Christian Science Monitor, a global newspaper that has won seven Pulitzer Prizes. She died in 1910 at the age of 89
