Lucy A. Brookins (1834-1900) was born in Michigan and died in England. She married William S. Brookins in Dupage, Illinois, in 1853. Both she and her daughter, Mary Brookins, were students of Caroline D. Noyes' in February 1886 and January 1887, respectively. They then became students of Mary Baker Eddy's, both completing the Normal class on May 21, 1888. Brookins was a member of the Christian Scientist Association, as well as the National Christian Scientist Association. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 30, 1893, and was also a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. She took her healing practice abroad and was one of the first Christian Scientists to arrive in Paris, France, in 1898, eventually becoming a director of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Paris, France. She was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner in St. Louis, Missouri (April 1893), Chicago (1896), and Paris (1899).

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