life. In 1829, she met a man by the name of David Wright, a lawyer, and they were soon married; on November 18. David Wright was a Quaker just like Martha and was born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Martha's daughter Ellen Wright (1840–1931) was an advocate of women's rights, especially women's suffrage. In 1864, she married William Lloyd Garrison, Jr. (1838–1909), a prominent advocate of Henry George's single tax movement, free trade, woman's suffrage, and of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act. William was the son of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Death Martha Coffin Wright died on January 4, 1875. She is buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York. Descendants Martha's granddaughter, Eleanor Garrison (1880–1974), the daughter of her daughter Ellen and her husband William, worked for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Recognition On October 9, 2007, House resolution 588 entitled "Recognizing Martha Coffin Wright on the 200th anniversary of her birth and her induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame" passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. References External links UMass Biography of Martha Coffin Wright Biography of Martha Coffin Wright Smith College page on the Wright-Garrison Families including a photo of Martha in middle of page Women's Letters, 2005, Dial Press, Pages 165–8, Letter from Martha Coffin Wright to Lucretia Mott Video on Martha Wright House resolution 588 recognizing her Bibliography National Historic Park of New York. (n.d.). Martha C. Wright. Retrieved November 28, 2016, from https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/marthacwright.htm National Women's Hall of Fame. (2016). Martha Coffin Pelham Wright. Retrieved from https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/marthacoffinpelhamwright/ Penney, Sherry H. and Livingstone, James D. A Very Dangerous Woman: Martha Wright and Women's Rights. University of Massachusetts Press, 2004. . Penney, S. H., & Livingston, J. D. (n.d.). Expectant at Senecca Falls. Retrieved November 28, 2016, from http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/mcw/append.htm American suffragists American women's rights activists American feminists People from Boston People from Auburn, New York American Quakers 1806 births 1875 deaths Underground Railroad people Westtown School alumni Activists from New York (state) Activists from Philadelphia Quaker abolitionists Quaker feminists Women civil rights activists