There is a joke told in our society and it goes like this; a father and son were on their way home one night when they were in a car accident. The father died immediately, but his son was flown to a nearby hospital. Upon arrival the surgeon states, “I cannot work on this patient because he is my son.” If the father died at the scene, how is this possible? Many will answer the surgeon was the step-father, or the father never died. The reason the surgeon could not perform the surgery was because she was his mother. More times than not, the mother, a female, is not suspected to be the surgeon. Through social action and writings, Susan B. Anthony inspired women to fight through social and political barriers and suffrage, which eventually lead to the 19th amendment.
Susan B. Anthony was raised by her parents, a couple of activists and Quakers during the anti-slavery movement. Quakers had a sense of concern for others; they were self-disciplined and lived a life of principles. Anthony was an extremely educated woman for her time. She was not granted a full education from her school so, much of her education was taught by her very adamant and persistent father. During her upbringing, many gender bias prevented women from having the rights men enabled themselves to have. Women were not allowed to…show more content… The NWSA wanted a legitimate amendment to defend women’s right to vote, but it also supported a number of progressions that were meant to ensure women were treated as equal members of society. The two friends’ traveled vastly across the West and Midwest, lobbying Congress and trying to gather more supporters for their foundation. Anthony and Stanton also protected women in multiple sex scandal cases that shook the
