Ursula Newell Gestefeld (April 22, 1845 – October 22, 1921) was an American New Thought leader.
She founded the Exodus Club which later was renamed the Church of New Thought and College of the Science of Being.
[1] She had four children with her husband, journalist Theodore Gestefeld, and in the 1870s their family moved to Chicago.
[2] In the 1890s Gestefeld developed her philosophy which she called the "Science of Being" and published numerous works on the topic.
[2] In addition to her other writings, Gestefeld was involved with the creation of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible.