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A life of courage

Our first valiant woman of the vote is the most courageous journalist I’ve ever read about - Ida B. Wells. Until her death in 1931, Ida’s strength poured through her pieces and shed light on the horrendous crime of lynching, beginning with those around her and eventually internationally.

Born in Holly Springs, Miss., in 1862, Ida came into a world and an area where injustices of slavery were sicken…

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