Ursula Newell Gestefeld

Ursula Newell Gestefeld (April 22, 1845 – October 22, 1921) was an American religious leader, writer, lecturer, and organizer who played a formative role in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century metaphysical movement that came to be known as New Thought. She was the founder of the Science of Being system, the Exodus Club, and the Church of the New Thought, and was a prominent figure in the transition from early Christian Science to independent metaphysical religious organizations.