The video talked about remarkable women who challenged the norms of their time and made significant contributions to the fight for gender and racial equality. Each of these women were pioneering figures in the women’s suffrage and civil rights movement and their advocacy for justice and equality led to the social justice movement. Susan, lucky, Alice, Ida, and Elizabeth have their own stories of how they changed and rebelled against gender-based injustice to urge a voice for women in society.

Alice Paul demanded the right to vote for women and she authored the equal rights amendment, which aims to provide equal rights for women under the law, and founded the national women’s party. Lucky Stone devoted her life to fight for women’s suffrage and gender equality. She was the first woman in the United States to keep her own name after marriage. Susan B. Anthony was a prominent abolitionist who played a significant role in the women’s suffrage movement. She co-founded the national woman suffrage association in 1869 and signed tirelessly for women’s right to vote. Anthony helped lead to the 19th amendment to the u.s constitution in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. Elizabeth advocated for women’s reproductive rights, co-authoring the controversial “Woman Bible” challenging religious texts that perpetuate gender equality. 

Ida B. Wells exposed the brutalities of lynching in the Unites States and her advocacy for civil rights and social justice inspired social justice movements today. The two ones that really interested me most were Lucky Stone and Ida B. Wells because Lucy Stone kept her own name after marriage during a controversial time in the United States. Many people were against women keeping their names because they were so used to men keeping their last names. Ida B. Wells was brave for putting her life at risk and exposing the brutalities of lynching in the United States.