Margaret Curtis Shipp Roberts (December 17, 1846 – March 13, 1926) was an American obstetrician and one of the first women from Utah to receive a medical degree.

She was urged to study medicine by Brigham Young, the leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to address increasing rates of mortality during childbirth.

Roberts, who was elected Congressman for Utah's at-large district; however, the House of Representatives refused to seat him due to his polygamy.

Her father entered into plural marriage with Jane Mace in 1861, exposing Roberts to polygamy at a young age.

[12] Roberts died on March 13, 1926, in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York,[1] and was interred in Salt Lake City.

Because of her struggle with the early deaths of her children and Milford Shipp's lack of support, Roberts went to Wilford Woodruff, president of the LDS Church at the time, to cancel her marriage officially on June 15, 1888.

Roberts was elected as a Democratic Congressman for Utah's at-large district, however the U.S. House of Representatives refused to seat him because of his polygamous marriage.