Ida B. Wells
Women's rights activist, Hall of fame inductee
1862 – 1931
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Who was Ida B. Wells?
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites. She was active in the women's rights and the women's suffrage movement, establishing several notable women's organizations. Wells was a skilled and persuasive rhetorician, and traveled internationally on lecture tours.
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- Born
- Jul 16, 1862
Holly Springs - Also known as
- Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Ida B Wells
- Parents
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Fisk University
- Rust College
- Lived in
- Mississippi
- Died
- Mar 25, 1931
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on July 23, 2013
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