| The Australian Magazine - Dec. 18-19 1999 |
The above Australian Magazine dated December 18-19, 1999 featured on page 18 an article "Hall of Femme" by Staff writer Miriam Cosic who found her women of the millennium epic both an inspiring and exasperating exercise: "History has forgotten, trivialised and even misattributed to men the achievementsof so many courageous, brilliant women." Miriam Cosic writes Who are the women who have shaped the millennium? While any such list would be inconclusive by definition, the ultimate challenge is in balancing orthodox history with herstory. In her article "Hall of Femme", Miriam Cosic's story of the Millennnium Women has this to say, Few would disagree that women have had to work more than twice as hard as men to achieve their goals. Our list of 100 exceptional international women, along with 20 Australians, who have made a lasting impression on the world puts that struggle in perspective.
[Acknowledgements/credits] The Publisher Nationwide News Pty. Limited NSW 2010.(Cover photograph by IPL Image Group)and Staff writer Miriam Cosic.
This page, from far left: Mary baker Eddy, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Panhurst, Aurore Dupin. (page 22 of the Australian Magazine December 18-19, 1999)
[On page 23 in Box 36]
MARY BAKER EDDY (1821-1910)
Mary Baker Eddy founded the Christian Science Church in the US in 1879 and developed it into a worldwide organisation, promoting the cause of faith healing. To her followers, her book Science and Health With Key To The Scriptures is a holy text second only to the Bible. She established her own publishing house, printed periodicals that included The Christian Science Monitor, which now circulates to more than 100 countries,and is lauded for the quality of its coverage of politics and current affairs.
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