Pauline Redmond Coggs

Pauline Redmond Coggs (1912 – July 17, 2005) was an American social worker, educator, and civil rights activist. She focused on combating unemployment, civil rights violations, poverty, and racism, as well as supporting communities of color, women, and other marginalized factions within the United States. Coggs began as a community organizer in Chicago, then served as a race relations adviser within the Office of Civilian Defense before assuming a position at the Washington DC Urban League. Coggs was named the Assistant Executive Secretary of the Wisconsin Welfare Council from 1947 to 1948, where she assumed responsibilities of distributing vital resources to impoverished residents. Coggs served as the first president of that chapter. As of 2018, more than 800 young women have participated and been awarded over $800,000 in scholarships.

Personal life In 1942, Coggs married Theodore Washington Coggs, who is a graduate of Howard University. After Cogg's husband returned from World War II, the couple relocated to Madison, Wisconsin, where her husband earned a law degree at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.