Born: 12 October 1828, United States
Died: 4 August 1898
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Margaret E. Sunderland
The following is republished with permission from the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.
Mehitable Sunderland (1807-1901) is recognized as the first physician in Hyde Park. One of her daughters, Margaret Sunderland Cooper, was a spiritualist and an animal rights activist and was Inspector of Cattle Transportation for the state of New Hampshire. Cooper received a gold medal in 1883 from the American Humane Association.