Emma D. Behan (b. Babcock) (1854-1922) was born in Belvidere, Illinois, and died in Kansas City, Missouri. She was married to Hugh Behan, although the date and place of marriage is unknown. She became interested in Christian Science in 1885 and first studied with Janet T. Colman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. Behan later took Primary (1886 and 1889), Normal (1887), and Obstetrics (1887) classes with Eddy, joining the Christian Scientist Association in April 1886. Behan's mother, Lucina F. Babcock, and her older sister, Jennie B. Fenn, were also very involved in the early Christian Science movement. In 1886, Eddy asked Behan to relocate from Omaha, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri, to help grow the Christian Science movement in the Kansas City area. Behan moved to Kansas City and remained there for the rest of her life, maintaining a listing in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner. She was a founding member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Kansas City, Missouri, and in September 1893, she joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, remaining a member until her passing.

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