In 1882, Ida B. Wells had the opportunity to move from the country to the city. Her father’s sister, Fannie Butler, had been widowed by a yellow fever epidemic. Aunt Fannie invited Ida and her two younger sisters, Annie and Lily, to live with her in Memphis, Tennessee. Ida took a teaching job in Woodstock, about 10 miles outside Memphis.
Wells did not enjoy being a teacher, but it was one
