[1][2] She was a large proponent of the Ethical Movement, which was a movement that focused on providing humanism, or living "rich and moral lives without reference to religious doctrines or supernatural beliefs.
"[3] Adela Coit was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Free City of Frankfurt, the daughter of Augusta von Gans (née Ettling) and German industrialist Fredrich Ludwig.
Margaret Wetzlar Coit was also involved in the women's suffrage movement.
Coit was a women's suffragist and the only woman elected to the Royal Institution in 1898.
[5][7][8] She joined the International Women's Suffrage Alliance in Berlin from its beginning in 1904, becoming its treasurer in 1907.