Kate Davidson Kimball (b. Davidson) (1847-1919) was born and died in Chicago, Illinois. Kimball was an early member of the Fortnightly Club of Chicago, which was organized in 1873 as the first private women's organization in Chicago. She married Edward A. Kimball, a businessman, in Elgin, Illinois, in 1873. In the early 1880s, Edward became ill. The Kimballs initial contact with Christian Science occurred during a visit with Edward's sister, Harriet K. Scott (b. Kimball), in Atlanta, Georgia. During this visit, they met Julia Bartlett, a student of Mary Baker Eddy, and Kimball was given a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. They traveled to Europe in the summer of 1887, however they returned when Edward's condition worsened. According to their daughter Edna K. Wait (b. Kimball), her mother read Science and Health during their voyage home. Upon returning, the Kimballs sought Christian Science treatment in Chicago. The Christian Science practitioner, Mary C.H. Fenn, healed Kimball of asthma and Edward was healed after his study of Science and Health. The Kimballs were students of Mary Baker Eddy, completing the Primary class in both March 1888 and February 1889 and the Normal class in November 1898. They joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1893 and visited Eddy at her Pleasant View home in Concord, New Hampshire, several times between 1895 and 1901. The Kimballs became members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, Illinois, in 1890, and Kimball served as a member of its Board of Directors in 1898. She also served as the Chairman of the Board sometime between 1899 and 1900. Kimball served in Eddy's household in October 1908. She was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner in Chicago from 1900 to 1918. The Kimballs' daughter, Edna, also became a Christian Science teacher and practitioner.

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