Susan M. Bowles (1838-1915) was born in Woodstock, Vermont, and died in Rutland, Vermont. She married Charles Bowles, a retired banker, in 1879. She lectured frequently on Red Cross work, which her husband was active in. She also lectured on metaphysical subjects. Throughout 1887, the Bowles wrote to Mary Baker Eddy about joining her class. Although they expressed an interest in studying at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, there is no record of either of them doing so, as Eddy ultimately decided not to accept them on account of their previous study with Julia Anderson Root and Emma Curtis Hopkins.

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