0 ▁was ▁raised ▁to ▁further ▁the ▁anti - C orn ▁La ws ▁ag itation , ▁and ▁she ▁afterwards ▁a ided ▁her ▁husband ▁in ▁his ▁various ▁public ▁projects . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁she ▁visited ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁when ▁she ▁began ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁deep ened ▁interest ▁in ▁temper ance ▁reform ▁and ▁the ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁question . ▁She ▁subsequently ▁engaged ▁in ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁Association ▁for ▁the ▁Ab ol ition ▁of ▁State ▁Reg ulation ▁of ▁Vice , ▁and ▁became ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Women ' s ▁Tem per ance ▁Association , ▁of ▁which ▁she ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁chief ▁found ers . ▁Her ▁annual ▁addresses ▁were ▁always ▁marked ▁with ▁deep ▁earnest ness . ▁She ▁paid ▁a ▁second ▁visit ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁attend ▁a ▁convention ▁at ▁Min ne apolis ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁World ' s ▁W CT U . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁Margaret ▁Bright ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁July ▁ 1 8 1 8 ▁at ▁Ro ch dale , ▁Lanc ash ire . ▁Her ▁father ▁was ▁Jacob ▁Bright ▁( 1 7 7 5 – 1 8 5 1 ), ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Fri ends , ▁and ▁a ▁cot ton ▁mill ▁propriet or ; ▁and ▁her ▁mother , ▁his ▁second ▁wife , ▁Mar tha ▁Wood ▁( 1 7 8 8 – 1 8 3 0 ). ▁ ▁A ▁member ▁of ▁a ▁well ▁known ▁Qu aker ▁family , ▁several