Ida B. Wells vs Jane Addams
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Compare the life timelines of Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) and Jane Addams (1860–1935) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 69 years, from 1862 to 1931.
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Ida B. Wells (1862–1931)
- — Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi Verified
- — Orphaned by the yellow fever epidemic Verified
- — Sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad over segregated seating Verified
- — Became co-owner and editor of the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight Verified
- — Launched anti-lynching crusade after the People's Grocery lynchings Verified
- — Published Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Verified
- — Published A Red Record and toured Britain against lynching Verified
- — Married Ferdinand L. Barnett and settled in Chicago Verified
- — Participated in the founding of the NAACP Verified
- — Died in Chicago Verified
Jane Addams (1860–1935)
- — Born in Cedarville, Illinois Verified
- — Graduated from Rockford Female Seminary Verified
- — Co-founded Hull House in Chicago Verified
- — Helped found the NAACP Verified
- — Published Twenty Years at Hull-House Verified
- — Served as vice president of the suffrage association Verified
- — Elected president of the Women's Peace Party Verified
- — Became first president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Verified
- — Died in Chicago, Illinois Verified