In the early 1920s, women were given the right to vote with the help of the 19th amendment. Although the 19th amendment was passed, it was only a middle and upper-class activity. During this time period, women were still seen as homemakers. Women were to only concern themselves with home, children and religion, while men took care of businesses and politics. No man would ever let a female doctor treat him, even if he was in an unpredictable state. Not only were American women restricted from educational desires, Japanese and Chinese women were banned from entering Canadian colleges, universities and hospitals. In 1923, the National Women's Party, an organized instrumental in achieving suffrage, proposed an Equal Rights amendment to eliminate
