As a member of the women's movement, Pamela Annachild sets out to change the world, but her daughter longs to keep it the same.
Professor Annachild assumes a life of childrearing and servitude after enduring a typical 1950's childhood. All that changes when she discovers the women's movement. So inspired she names her daughter, Freedom who dreams of becoming a fashion designer and having a big wedding. When she becomes pregnant at age fifteen both women are forced to reexamine their beliefs and their relationship to one another.
Freedom's Mother is the story of three women; Professor Annachild, Freedom and Raynetta, an African American woman who is living in a homeless shelter with her daughter. Set in the 1970's each woman pushes against the barriers they face.