Born: 7/16/1862 Holly Springs, Mississippi

Died: 3/25/1931 Chicago, Illinois

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement

Business / Schooling:

• Freedman's School, Rust College, Fisk University

Awards / Achievements:

• 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