In looking through the timeline, there were two things that struck me. One being the length of time some of these achievements took, the Woman Suffrage Amendment introduced to Congress in 1878 and only passed in 1919, and the Equal Rights Amendment first proposed in 1923 and still not ratified for instance. In an age where we are so used to immediate gratification, it gave some context to the perseverance of these activists and what the road for our current troubles might look like. In some way it may seem disheartening to think of the long road ahead and how changes that seem so necessary and immediate may take decades to achieve. On the other hand it fortifies you to keep fighting, knowing that others have worked to make it happen before you, and also that there will always be something to fight for. I was also struck by the dissonance between my own modern day thoughts and what the prevailing logic of those times likely was. I think particularly in watching gate video, the tensions between racial equality and women’s suffrage gave context to the ways these movements have progressed. Claire Goldberg Moses’ “What’s in a Name? On Writing the History of Feminism” gave me greater context of the achievements of feminism, but also the importance of examining the history of any movement and in uniting behind a name even if there are different aims that fall under the umbrella. There is a power that comes in a shared history and in uniting with others to achieve parallel goals.