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Emma Curtis Hopkins (1849–1925) was a student of Mary Baker Eddy’s, and some credit her with founding the New Thought movement. She worked closely with Mrs. Eddy for several years, but eventually had a falling out with the Church of Christian Science and began teaching and lecturing on her own.

Following Eddy, Hopkins conceptualized the Trinity as three aspects of divinity, each playing a role in different historical epochs: God the Father, God the Son and God the Mother-Spirit. Hopkins believed that the changing roles of women indicated the re-emergence of the Mother aspect of God.

Hopkins went on to inspire a good number of New Thought writers and founders of their churches. Two of her better-known students were Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, who founded Unity School of Christianity, the largest denomination with members in the New Thought movement.