Read Part One HERE
In this post I will continue to focus on a woman named Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis. She lived from 1813 - 1876. The Second national Women's Rights Convention was again held in Worcester, Masachusetts on October 15-16, 1851 and was once again presided over by Paulina. It drew an even larger audience than the first.
The third convention was held in Syracuse, New York, on September 8-10, 1852, Paulina attended and contributed but did not preside over it. There were additional annual conventions held from 1853 through 1860. However, the Civil War brought an end to the annual Womens' Rights Conventions, as women turned their hands to support emancipation and the northern war effort.
After the Civil War, Paulina helped found the New England Woman Suffrage Association. Beginning in 1869 she made many of the arrangements for the twentieth anniversary of the First National Women's Rights Convention, which was held at the Apollo Hall in New York City on October 21, 1870. Paulina was asked to preside over this meeting.
During the 1860s and 1870s Paulina travelled abroad with other family members.
She died in 1876.
Read Part One Hundred And Twenty-Two HERE
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