Helen A. Nixon (b. Andrews) (1860-1937) was born in Cassadaga, New York, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. She married William G. Nixon, a banker, in Pierre, South Dakota, in 1881. She became interested in Christian Science in 1888. Nixon was a student of Eddy's, completing the Primary class in February 1889 along with her husband and son, Paul Nixon. Her husband served as manager of The Christian Science Publishing Society from 1889 to 1892, but he eventually moved away from Christian Science. Nixon joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 5, 1892. She was an active worker in the establishment of a church in Braintree, Massachusetts, where she was a charter member and served as First Reader. After attending a Normal class in the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1900, she taught her first class in 1904. She was a member of The Christian Science Dispensary Association and became a member of the General Association of Teachers in October 1904. She later lived in Boston, continuing to teach and practice there for a number of years. Nixon was a frequent contributor to the Christian Science periodicals and was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Massachusetts from 1890 until her passing.

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