Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (redirected from Paulina wright davis) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, and educator. Paulina Kellogg was born in Bloomfield, New York, to Captain Ebenezer Kellogg and Polly Saxton. The family moved to the frontier near Niagara Falls in 1817. Both her parents died, and in 1820 she went to live with her orthodox Presbyterian aunt in Le Roy, New York. She joined the church, although she found it hostile to outspoken women. She wanted to become a missionary but was unable to as the church did not allow single women to become missionaries. She was courted by suitor Francis Wright, a merchant from a prosperous family from Utica, New York; they married in 1833....more »