biography of the day-ida b. wells-barnett, suffragist, journalist, civil rights and women's activist

Ida B. Wells
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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
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Born July 16, 1862
Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.
Died March 25, 1931 (aged 68)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education Freedman's School, Rust College, Fisk University
Occupation Civil rights and women's rights activist
Spouse(s) Ferdinand L. Barnett
Parent(s) James Wells and Elizabeth "Izzy Bell" Warrenton

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, Georgist,[1] and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing that it was often used as a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites, rather than being based on criminal acts by blacks, as was usually claimed by white mobs.[2] She was active in 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.[3]

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