Ida Wells Barnett Ida Wells-Barnett was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862. She was the oldest of eight children. Ida was born of slaves, but her parents were able to support eight children. Her mother was a famous cook, and her father was a skilled carpenter. When Ida was only fourteen, an epidemic of Yellow Fever swept though Holly Spring and killed her parents and youngest sibling. She kept her family together by securing a …showed first 75 words of 442 total…

…showed last 75 words of 442 total…Washington, and his strategies. She was viewed as one of the most “radicals” who organized the NAACP. Wells Barnett decided to run for the Illinois State legislature, which made her one of the first black women to run for public office in the United States. Ida Wells Barnett died in Chicago, Illinois 1931 at the age of sixty-nine. She did many great things in live, and she is a great role model for people. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**