address at Mount Auburn Cemetery ’ s dedication in 1831 . He then served as Mount Auburn ’ s first president . His tenyear-old daughter , Louisa May , died only a few months before his consecration speech ( she was the fourth child that he ’ d buried ). Joseph Story is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery on Narcissus Path .
Harriot Kezia Hunt ( 1805-1875 ) was the first woman to practice medicine in the United States . She was the first woman to apply to Harvard Medical School in 1847 , but heavy criticism forced the Dean to ask her to withdraw her application . Regardless , Hunt spent decades practicing medicine and eventually received an honorary degree from the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania . She was known for her independence and advocacy for women ’ s suffrage . She commissioned the artist Edmonia Lewis to create a sculpture of Hygeia , the Greek goddess of health , to mark her grave . Harriot Kezia Hunt is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery on Lily Path .
Edmonia Lewis ( 1844-1907 ) was the first woman of African-American and Native American heritage to achieve international fame as a sculptor . After a difficult youth , she first found popularity among the abolitionists of Boston , but only achieved true success after joining the American expatriate community in Rome in 1866 . There , she was supported by Charlotte Cushman and others , and her neoclassical sculptures such as Forever Free , The Arrow Maker , and The Death of Cleopatra achieved international acclaim . Edmonia Lewis is interred at Saint Mary ’ s Catholic Cemetery in London .
Harriet Hosmer ( 1830-1908 ) was a distinguished neoclassical sculptor and considered the first professional female American sculptor . A native of Watertown , she became an acclaimed artist while a member of the expatriate community in Rome , where she was friends with fellow artist