Davis, Paulina Wright (1813-1876), was an American social reformer who supported the women’s rights, temperance, and abolitionist movements. She also lectured on women’s health issues.
In 1840, Davis joined a campaign against property laws that gave men ownership of their wives’ possessions. The campaign led to an 1848 New York law that gave wives increased property rights.
In 1850 and 1851, Davis helped organize the first and second national women’s rights conventions, held in Worcester, Massachusetts. She also presided over the meetings. From 1853 to 1855, Davis published one of the first women’s rights magazine, called the Una. She also was actively involved with the New England Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis was born in Bloomfield, New York, on Aug. 7, 1813. She died on Aug. 24, 1876.
