Born in Mississippi, the oldest in a large family, Ida B. Wells becomes the head of her family after the death of her parents and begins working as a schoolteacher in Memphis, Tennessee. She soon joins the Memphis Lyceum literary salon and is appointed editor of its literary journal. As a young woman, Ida also longs for love, but she struggles to find her place in a society that seems to have no place for a woman who speaks her own mind. Despite these challenges, she boldly pursues her passions, ultimately becoming a pioneer in the field of investigative journalism and a fearless advocate for racial and gender equality in a rapidly changing post-Civil War South.
