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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 (25 de diciembre de 1806 - 1875) fue una feminista americana, cristiana cuáquera abolicionista y firmante de la Declaración de Seneca Falls que fue muy amiga y partidaria de Harriet Tubman.
4 de abr. de 2023 · 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.
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. Martha Coffin was the youngest of eight children, born in Boston on Christmas Day, 1806
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.
Martha Coffin Wright (Boston, 25 de desembre de 1806 - Boston, 1875) fou una feminista americana, abolicionista i signant de la Declaració de Seneca Falls, amiga íntima i partidària de Harriet Tubman.
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;
