"This is
woman’s hour The Life of Mary Baker Eddy" is on display
at the Robert J. Kibbee Library of Kingsborough Community College,
2001 Oriental Blvd., now through Aug. 13.
Eddy (1821-1910) was a noted healer, founder of Christian Science,
founder and publisher of the Christian Science Monitor (at age
87), and author. (In 1992, her "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures," published in 1875, was recognized
by the Women’s National Book Association as one of 75 written
by women whose "words have changed the world.")
Videos, interactive listening stations, news clippings and photographs
tell the story of this 19th-century reformer.
"This is Woman’s Hour " was prepared by The Writings
of Mary Baker Eddy in Boston, Mass. in conjunction with the National
Park Service and featured as an "untold story" at the
Women’s Rights National Park in Seneca Falls, N.Y., from March
through May of 1998.
The exhibit is open Monday through Thursday, 9 am to 9 pm, in
July, and Monday through Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm, in August. The
library is closed Fridays-Sundays. For more information, log
onto www.marybakereddylibrary.org.
PIONEER WOMAN
