Born: 1806, United States
Died: 1875
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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Affiliations
American Anti-Slavery Society
National Woman Suffrage Association
Societal Contributions
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.
Additional Comments
Martha Wright was six months pregnant with her seventh child when she worked in 1848 to plan the world’s Women’s Rights Convention, which is commemorated at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls by her life-size statue, which shows her pregnant. In October 2007, she was into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, represented at the ceremonies by her great-great-grandson, James Duane Livingston.