Augusta Emma Simmons Stetson

Augusta Emma Simmons Stetson (born Oct. 12, 1842, Waldoboro, Maine, U.S.—died Oct. 12, 1928, Rochester, N.Y.) was an American religious leader whose success and popularity as a leader in New York’s Christian Science community was considered a threat by the Mother Church. In 1864 Augusta Simmons married Captain Frederick J. Stetson, with whom she lived in England, India, and British Burma (now Myanmar) before his retirement for reasons of health. They settled in Boston, where...