Read Part One HERE
In this blog I will focus on a woman named Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis. She lived from 1813 -1876. Paulina was born in Bloomfield, New York, USA. Her parents were Captain Ebenezer Kellogg and Polly Saxton Kellogg. The family moved to the frontier near Niagara Falls in 1817. In 1820 Paulina went to live with an Presybyterian aunt in LeRoy, New York, where she was educated and attended church regularly. She wanted to become a missionary but the church did not allow single women to become missionaries.
In 1833 she married Francis Wright. Both Paulina and her husband had similar values and were involved in various reform movements - anti-slavery, temperance and women's rights.
In the late 1830s, Paulina met Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She worked with others on a petition to the New York state legislature that eventually led to the passage of the Married Women's Property Acts in 1848, giving married women control of their own personal property and real estate.
Her husband's death in 1845 left Paulina desolate but independently wealthy and free to embark on a career as a lecturer and educator.
Read Part One Hundred And Twenty HERE
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