Jean Elisabeth Geiger Wright

Jean Elizabeth Geiger Wright (1924 – March 4, 2002) was an American conservationist, educator, and animal activist. After beginning with her family's own house and and features nearly two miles of trails.

Animal advocacy Wright was a central figure in working to pass two bond referendums, in 1978 and 1992, to expand existing animal shelter facilities. She also worked with the Humane Society to bolster adoption rates, co-established the Homeless Pet Foundation, and lobbied the Georgia General Assembly to pass animal protection legislation. Wright became a member of the Cobb County Animal Control Board in 1987, and served as director of special projects for the Humane Society of Cobb County in the 1990s.

After her children grew up, Wright fostered dozens of dogs and puppies, to the extent she was known as the "Puppy Lady".

Personal life Jean Geiger married Ernest Elwood Wright on November10, 1946; the couple had three children, daughters Kris and Kathy and son Robert ("Bob" ). In the late 1940s the family purchased a house and land in Cobb County, which Wright worked for decades to restore to its natural state, seeking out native plants to install.

Wright died on March 4, 2002.

Legacy The Jean and Elwood Wright Environmental Education Center, commonly called the Wright Center, is named after Wright and her husband.

In 2020, Wright was added to the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame.