<b><b>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. </b></b> <p/>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Sarah Fabiny, Who Hq<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Workshop<br><b>Published:</b> 06/02/2020<br><b>Pages:</b> 112<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.20lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.60h x 5.40w x 0.20d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780593093351<br><b>Age Range:</b> 8-11<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.8<br><b>Point Value:</b> 1<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>509494 / Who Was Ida B. Wells?<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Sarah Fabiny has written several Who Was? titles, including biographies of Beatrix Potter, Frida Kahlo, Rachel Carson, and Gloria Steinem.</p>