Mary Baker EddyIn 1866, a frail, impoverished invalid, middle aged, widowed and divorced, rose from her bed after a life threatening fall, asked for her Bible, and took the first steps toward the founding of the Christian Science Church. Four decades later, she was revered as their leader by thousands of churches in the U. S. and Europe, had founded a national newspaper, and had become probably the most powerful woman in America. Who was this astonishing woman, the