Paulina Wright Davis

Paulina Wright Davis

1813-1876

• American lecturer and suffragist
• Born Paulina Kellogg in Bloomfield, NY
• In 1833 she married merchant Francis Wright (d. 1835)
• In 1849 she married Thomas Davis (who later became a congressman for Rhode Island)
• Davis was active in the early antislavery and women's rights movements
• In 1844 she lectured to women on anatomy and physiology
• Davis helped to open the medical profession to women
• In 1853 she founded Una, the first women's rights paper in the U.S.
• In 1871 she published A History of the National Women's Rights Movement