Adela (von Gans) Wetzlar-Coit (1863-1932)
Mrs Fanny "Adela" (von Gans) Wetzlar, Coit, of 30 Hyde Park Gate, London
She was a Humanist and a Suffragist. She joined the International Women's Suffrage Alliance at its formation in Berlin in 1904. She was its 1st Treasurer and one of the leading figures in the movement. Her obituary stated: "Mrs. Coit was one of the real workers and with her graceful manners and clear head helped to solve many difficult problems of the Board". On behalf of her second husband, she purchased the Ethical Church which became home to one of largest ethical societies in Britain. Harry Snell recalled her as a friend who, "represented in her life a quiet, almost unseen, yet potent influence", and who "helped both to create and to sustain in others the spirit of virtue and loyalty." She had 4-children, three by her first husband, one by her second.
