Martha Coffin Wright, later a noted activist, was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Martha Coffin was born on December 25, 1806, in Boston, Massachusetts, into the Coffin family known for its Quaker values and social reform activities. Her early years in Philadelphia, after family relocation, brought her under the influence of her sister Lucretia Mott’s activism, which significantly shaped her future endeavors in women’s rights and abolitionism.
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