Emma C. Shipman
Emma C. Shipman (1871-1958) was born in Danville, Vermont, and died in
Deer Isle, Maine. Reared in the Congregational church, Shipman was healed of asthma by
reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures when she
was fourteen. She grew up in Danville and Lisbon, New Hampshire, in a family where many
of her aunts (Emily S. Wells, Nell K. Shipman, Mary E. Dillingham, Christina C. Moore,
Sylvia A. Howland) were Christian Scientists. Shipman graduated from Boston University
and worked as a school teacher in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1893, she took the
Primary class instruction from Annie Louise Robertson, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's.
She withdrew from the Congregational Church that year and joined The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 30, 1893. In 1897, Shipman
helped organize the White Mountain church in Fabyan, New Hampshire (the first Christian
Science church edifice built in the state), acting as secretary and treasurer of the
building fund committee and also serving as Second Reader. In 1898, Eddy invited Shipman
to attend the last class she taught: the Normal class in November, and a year later,
Shipman began devoting herself full time to the practice of Christian Science healing.
In the fall of 1900, the Christian Science Board of Directors asked her to take charge
of Christian Science services at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and she
served as First Reader. That year, Shipman was in the Obstetrics class taught by Alfred
Baker in of the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and in
1901, at the invitation of Eddy, she took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball
in the Board of Education. Shipman conducted her first Primary class in 1905. She served
on The Mother Church's Bible Lesson Committee from 1915 to 1922. Shipman was elected
President of The Mother Church in 1949, and taught the Normal class in the Board of
Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1952. She was listed in the
directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian
Science teacher and practitioner in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1899 until her death.
During her lifetime, she wrote over fifty articles for the Christian Science
periodicals.
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Emma C. Shipman
Emma C. Shipman (1871-1958) was born in Danville, Vermont, and died in
Deer Isle, Maine. Reared in the Congregational church, Shipman was healed of asthma by
reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures when she
was fourteen. She grew up in Danville and Lisbon, New Hampshire, in a family where many
of her aunts (Emily S. Wells, Nell K. Shipman, Mary E. Dillingham, Christina C. Moore,
Sylvia A. Howland) were Christian Scientists. Shipman graduated from Boston University
and worked as a school teacher in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1893, she took the
Primary class instruction from Annie Louise Robertson, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's.
She withdrew from the Congregational Church that year and joined The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 30, 1893. In 1897, Shipman
helped organize the White Mountain church in Fabyan, New Hampshire (the first Christian
Science church edifice built in the state), acting as secretary and treasurer of the
building fund committee and also serving as Second Reader. In 1898, Eddy invited Shipman
to attend the last class she taught: the Normal class in November, and a year later,
Shipman began devoting herself full time to the practice of Christian Science healing.
In the fall of 1900, the Christian Science Board of Directors asked her to take charge
of Christian Science services at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and she
served as First Reader. That year, Shipman was in the Obstetrics class taught by Alfred
Baker in of the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and in
1901, at the invitation of Eddy, she took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball
in the Board of Education. Shipman conducted her first Primary class in 1905. She served
on The Mother Church's Bible Lesson Committee from 1915 to 1922. Shipman was elected
President of The Mother Church in 1949, and taught the Normal class in the Board of
Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1952. She was listed in the
directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian
Science teacher and practitioner in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1899 until her death.
During her lifetime, she wrote over fifty articles for the Christian Science
periodicals.
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