A successful woman preacher was once asked what special obstacles have you met as a woman in the ministry? Not one, she answered, except the lack of a minister's wife.

Women are no longer silent in society; they are now recognized and play a role
Democracy once relied heavily on the strong educational upbringing of children (once the women’s role). She was a leader in the women's suffrage and peace movements. In 1878 Anna Garlin Spencer married Reverend William Spencer.

Born in Attleboro MA Anna Garlin Spencer married the Rev. Over a long period Anna Garlin Spencer was a popular lecturer and wrote on social problems especially concerning women and family relations. She compiled Eddy’s views into a Bond of Union to which members of the new society would subscribe.