Sarah E. Whitin
Sarah E. Whitin (1836-1917) was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and
died in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. In 1875, she married John Crane Whitin who, along
with his father and brothers, founded the Whitin Machine Works and the town of
Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Sarah Whitin was interested in the development of higher
education for women and was a trustee of Wellesley College, to which she gave an
observatory. She was also a trustee of the Worcester Insane Asylum and the Baldwinsville
Cottage Hospital. She was interested in Christian Science in 1885 and, through Florence
B. Dike, requested and purchased a copy of Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures from Mary Baker Eddy.
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Sarah E. Whitin
Sarah E. Whitin (1836-1917) was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and
died in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. In 1875, she married John Crane Whitin who, along
with his father and brothers, founded the Whitin Machine Works and the town of
Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Sarah Whitin was interested in the development of higher
education for women and was a trustee of Wellesley College, to which she gave an
observatory. She was also a trustee of the Worcester Insane Asylum and the Baldwinsville
Cottage Hospital. She was interested in Christian Science in 1885 and, through Florence
B. Dike, requested and purchased a copy of Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures from Mary Baker Eddy.
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