Ida B. Wells

This woman led a campaign against the lynching of African Americans

• Margaret Sanger

• Doroetha Dix

• Ida B. Wells

• Frances Willard

Both of Ida's parents died from a disease called yellow fever.

• True

• False

Ida B. Wells lived from ________________

• 1862-1931

• 1962-2003

• 1762-1831

• 1832-1962

Why did Ida B. Wells feel upset after she was asked to move to a different train car?

• She wanted to stay in the nicer train car and she couldn't because she didn't have the money.

• She had paid for a ticket in the first-class car on the train and was asked to sit in the back.

• She needed to get to another city quickly.

• She wanted to write a story about the first-class train.

Which detail best supports the idea that Ida B. Wells helped people with her writing?

• Shortly thereafter, a Baptist minister named R.N. Countee invited Wells to write for his weekly religious newspaper, The Living Way.

• She directly addressed the concerns of the people of Memphis, and particularly of other African Americans.

When Ida B. Wells could not continue school she lied about her age and got her first job as a _______________.

• Journalist

• Teacher

• Politician

• Social Worker

Ida B. Wells was a founding member of this organization.

• CORE

• NAACP

• IWW

• WASP

Ida B. Wells lived from ________________

• 1862-1931

• 1962-2003

• 1832-1962

She was born on July 16th of 1892 in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

• True

• False

Ida B. Wells became the first ever black woman in the United States to run for public office in 1930.

• True

• False