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Martha Coffin Wright (December 25, 1806 – 1875) was an American feminist, abolitionist, and signatory of the Declaration of Sentiments who was a close friend and supporter of Harriet Tubman.
Martha Coffin Wright è stata un'insegnante statunitense, femminista, abolizionista e firmataria della Declaration of Rights and Sentiments.
With a strong female role model in her mother, Anna Folger Coffin, and the Quaker tenets of individualism, pacifism, equality of the sexes, and opposition to slavery, young Martha was well prepared for her future role as an abolitionist and suffragist.
After organizing the First Women’s Rights Convention, Martha Wright continued her active involvement in state and national women’s rights conventions of the 1850s. She spoke and served as secretary at the Syracuse convention in 1852, Cleveland in 1853, and New York City in 1856.
Martha Coffin Pelham Wright. One of five women who planned the first women's right convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848. Presided over numerous women's rights and anti-slavery conventions. In 1874, was elected president of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
- Thomas Coffin
- David Wright
- Anna Folger
1 set 2005 · A devoted wife and the mother of seven children, Wright had a strong sense of personal independence and did not hesitate to express opinions that were unpopular with her contemporaries, thus earning her the reputation for being “a very dangerous woman.”
American women's rights leader. Born on December 25, 1806, in Boston, Massachusetts; died from pneumonia on January 4, 1875, in Boston; daughter of Thomas Coffin, Jr. (a merchant and ship's captain) and Anna (Folger) Coffin; sister of suffragist Lucretia Mott (1793–1880); educated at Kimberton Boarding School near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
