The Radiant I AM

In 1887, encouraged by her sister, Alethea B(rooks) Small, Nona Brooks attended classes taught by Katherine (Kate) Quiner Bingham (1849 - 1913), a student of Emma Curtis Hopkins. This was the same year that Malinda Cramer started taking classes with Emma Curtis Hopkins. While attending these classes, Brooks "found herself healed of a persistent throat infection" and shortly thereafter Brooks and Small began to heal others.  Bingham had gone to Chicago to seek help for an illness and had been cured by Mabel MacCoy, another student of Emma Curtis Hopkins. The third sister, Fannie B(rooks) James, also studied under Mabel MacCoy. It was in 1898 that Nona Brooks first studied with Cramer.

New Thought Teacher

Fannie B(rooks) James (1854 – 1914)
New Thought Teacher
The Church of Divine Science founders were Malinda Cramer and Nona L. Brooks. Three others played decisive roles in Divine Science's formative period: Nona’s sisters Alethea B(rooks) Small (1848-1906) and Fannie B(rooks) James (1854-1914) as well as Katherine (Kate) Quiner Bingham (1849 - 1913) who contributed to Nona’s healing.

Teacher and Administrator

Alethea ( 1848 -  1906 ), the oldest of the Brooks sisters, played a key role in the establishment of the Colorado College of Divine Science, serving as its first President beginning in October 1898.  Along with Fannie B(rooks) James, she was instrumental in setting course for the Denver Divine Science activity, serving through the time that Nona Brooks committed to full-time ministry and leadership of the College and Church.