He sued for divorce in the state of New York, declaring that Davis was an adultress, which resulted in a scandal.

He left Davis to live in Watertown, Massachusetts and their marriage was annulled by the New York Supreme Court in 1885.

Davis lectured that "it is an abuse of Spiritualism to yield up selfhood in the absorbing investigation of the phenomena.

"[6] Davis continued to write poetry and articles about equal rights for women, spirituality, and temperance beginning in 1852.

Andrew edited the paper Herald of Progress, which published Davis's poems and articles about spiritualism and its role in improving social concerns.

[4] Her works include "Danger Signals: An Address on the Uses and Abuses of Modern Spiritualism" (1875) and "Death in the Light of the Harmonial Philosophy" (1876).

[4] There was often a correlation between women spiritualists and feminists, like Victoria Woodhull and Caroline Healey Dall.

She said, "If a woman be a human being, then she is entitled to consideration as an absolute entity — an individual, responsible, immortal being.

"[3] In the late 1860s, the couple were founding members and officers of the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association.

She died on July 18, 1886, at her home in West Orange, New Jersey, and was buried at Rosedale Cemetery.