Susanna Wright

Susanna Wright (August 4, 1697 – December 1, 1784) was an 18th-century colonial English American poet, pundit, botanist, business owner, and legal scholar who was influential in the political economy of the Province of Pennsylvania, one of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately engaged in the American Revolution and founded the United States.

Early life and education Wright was born in Warrington in Lancashire, England, on August 4, 1697, to the Quaker businessman John Wright and Patience Gibson.