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In the 1890s, Willard came into conflict with African-American journalist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells. While trying to expose the evils of alcohol, Willard and other temperance reformers often depicted one of the evils as its effect to incite purported black criminality, thus implying that this was one of the serious problems ...
The Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation and the Ida B. Wells Museum have also been established to protect, preserve and promote Wells's legacy. [134] In her hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi, there is an Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum named in her honor that acts as a cultural center of African-American history. [135]
Ida B. Wells-Barnett at a 1913 suffrage parade. Elnora Monroe Babcock (1852–1934) – pioneer leader in the suffrage movement; chair of the NAWSA press department. [16] Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916) – activist, journalist and lecturer on temperance, women's suffrage, and prison reform. [17]
The colorful owner of Ida’s Bookshop, Jeannine A. Cook, planned a “birthday party” of sorts for Ida B. Wells, the legendary journalist and civil rights activist who was born July 16, 1862.
The WTCU did receive criticism from black activists, most notably the well-known reformer Ida B. Wells, who condemned Willard for her statements regarding black drunkenness. [20] In general, black women faced similar pressures within the WCTU that they did in wider society, but this did not stop them from contributing to the movement.
Mary Bannister Willard (January 1883 - July 1885) Mary Allen West (July 1885 - 1892) Harriet B. Kells (1891-1894) Frances Willard (1892 - February 1898) Lillian M. N. Stevens (February 1898 - April 1914) Anna Adams Gordon (April 1914 - October 1926) Ella Boole (October 1926 - October 1933) Ida B. Wise Smith (October 1933 - )
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