Lillian S. Dickey (b. Selden) (1866-1934) was born in Rome, New York, and died in Brookline, Massachusetts. She moved with her family to Olathe, Kansas, by 1870 and then to Kansas City, Missouri, by 1880. There she met and married Adam H. Dickey in 1887. In 1893 she experienced a healing through Christian Science treatment that inspired both of them to begin investigating Christian Science. Together they joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 6, 1894, and then took the Primary class in Christian Science from Henrietta E. Graybill in Kansas City in 1896. Soon after this class, the Dickeys traveled to Mexico City, Mexico, on business. While there, they had occasion to provide Christian Science treatment to an individual they met there, leading them to host informal Christian Science Sunday meetings, and thereby planting the seeds that eventually led to the establishment of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Mexico City.
The Dickeys both began listing as practitioners in The Christian Science Journal in 1899, maintaining their listings until their respective passings, and they both took the Normal class from Edward A. Kimball under the auspices of the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1901. Thereafter, Dickey's husband went on to serve the Christian Science movement in Boston in several significant capacities, including as one of Mary Baker Eddy's secretaries and trustees, a member of the Christian Science Board of Directors, Treasurer of The Mother Church, and the author of many impactful articles on Christian Science. He was also a Christian Science teacher. After his death in 1925, Lillian S. Dickey delivered the annual address to his students association in Boston several times.
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Lillian S. Dickey (b. Selden) (1866-1934) was born in Rome, New York, and died in Brookline, Massachusetts. She moved with her family to Olathe, Kansas, by 1870 and then to Kansas City, Missouri, by 1880. There she met and married Adam H. Dickey in 1887. In 1893 she experienced a healing through Christian Science treatment that inspired both of them to begin investigating Christian Science. Together they joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 6, 1894, and then took the Primary class in Christian Science from Henrietta E. Graybill in Kansas City in 1896. Soon after this class, the Dickeys traveled to Mexico City, Mexico, on business. While there, they had occasion to provide Christian Science treatment to an individual they met there, leading them to host informal Christian Science Sunday meetings, and thereby planting the seeds that eventually led to the establishment of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Mexico City.
The Dickeys both began listing as practitioners in The Christian Science Journal in 1899, maintaining their listings until their respective passings, and they both took the Normal class from Edward A. Kimball under the auspices of the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1901. Thereafter, Dickey's husband went on to serve the Christian Science movement in Boston in several significant capacities, including as one of Mary Baker Eddy's secretaries and trustees, a member of the Christian Science Board of Directors, Treasurer of The Mother Church, and the author of many impactful articles on Christian Science. He was also a Christian Science teacher. After his death in 1925, Lillian S. Dickey delivered the annual address to his students association in Boston several times.
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