Who Was Ida B. Wells?

Hardback

Main Details

Title Who Was Ida B. Wells?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sarah Fabiny
By (author) Who HQ
Illustrated by Ted Hammond
SeriesWho Was?
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 201,Width 197
ISBN/Barcode 9780593093368
ClassificationsDewey:B
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Penguin Workshop
Publication Date 2 June 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous black female journalist in nineteenth-century America. Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see just how unjust the world she was living in was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women's right to vote.

Author Biography

Sarah Fabiny has written several Who Was? titles, including biographies of Beatrix Potter, Frida Kahlo, Rachel Carson, and Gloria Steinem.