Susanna Wright was a british woman who grew up in a quaker family in the 18th century. Her family believed that women should get the same education as men did, and therefore she was giving proper education– something that very few women would get back in colonial America. Her family moved to the Pennsylvania colony around 1714, however, her family did not want to interrupt her education– Sussana stayed in England until 1718, when she finished her education and decided to move to America to be with her family. In Pennsylvania she helped her father with his responsibilities. She had more freedom in the town founded by her father– there[Wright's Ferry] she started pursuing her intellectual interest without having to worry about social constraints. She represented the underrepresented(poor, illiterate) at Wright's Ferry court. She also studied medicine and helped to take care of the sick; she also advocated for better treatment of the native communities. She was a very active and respected member of her community. In 1745 her father's business partner passed away and left all his fortune for Sussane, which allowed her to be an independent woman after her father passed away. This was a crucial part of her life because without this she wouldn't have been able to be truly independent, and would have to have relied on a man.She was also a very close friend of Benjamin Franklin and helped him succed in the Indian-French war.