Eunice Hale Cobb (née Waite; January 27, 1803 – May 2, 1880) was an American writer, public speaker, and activist.

She was the first female president of the Ladies Physiological Institute, of Boston, and served it in that capacity for some 15 years.

At the age of ten, her mother married Samuel Locke (1784-1873), of Hallowell, a man of liberal education who was a school preceptor by profession.

[2][3] Thoroughly imbued with the Calvinistic doctrine by her grandparents, Cobb, at an early age, became a prominent member of the Baptist church of Hallowell.

[3] Asking her stepfather for spiritual guidance, he responded: "I will not try to shake your faith, but I would have you study candidly, patiently, intelligently, fearlessly, the Bible.

Jonadab, the third son, was born February 20, 1690, married Hannah Adams, September 11, 1725, and died July 6, 1761.

Ballou decided to have this first article printed in sheets and distributed for the purpose of strengthening others who stood doubtful between the old and the new theologies.

[3] Immediately after the death of her youngest son, James Arthur, at nine years of age, Cobb wrote his memoir.

[2] Cobb's life was spent in work for the public welfare, including Sunday schools.

While she was not identified with the public advocates of woman's rights, she counted among her warmest and most devoted friends eminent leaders of this reform, and sympathetically interchanged views on this topic.

She continued her official connection with the organization by serving as corresponding secretary until a short time before her death.

Sylvanus, Jr., commanded at Fort Kittery, Maine, and the others served in Virginia and North Carolina.

[3] Cobb was told that her name was inscribed on the Masonic record in such a manner as virtually to make her an honorary member of the order.

She was also a prominent and active member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a temperance association organized by women.

[1] Cobb died at the residence of her son, George, [2] on May 2, 1880, in East Boston, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachusetts.

Her papers, including diaries and biographical material, are held by Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.