Mehitable Sunderland

(1807 - 1901)
Physician
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Hyde Park
19th Century

Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism

Medicine

Mehitable Sunderland (1807-1901) is recognized as the first physician in Hyde Park. An active abolitionist and advocate for women’s suffrage, she marched to vote in Hyde Park in 1870.