Usually, biographies describe experiences or a specific incident in a person's life. During the early colonies, women could neither read nor write and therefore were unable to write their own stories. Women suffragists had the opportunity to share their stories through their writings in their journals. “There are also impressive biographies, often of relatives, that describe the individual experiences of suffrage women, although in more darkened versions these women emerge as dehumanized saints” (3). During this era many people were able to document their experiences and stories through portraits and paintings but, as stated in the book, "the founding sisters had neither the time, nor the money, nor the ego to sit for their