Ida B. Wells vs Kate Sheppard
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Compare the life timelines of Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) and Kate Sheppard (1848–1934) 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
Kate Sheppard (1848–1934)
- — Born in Liverpool, England Verified
- — Emigrated to New Zealand Verified
- — Married Walter Allen Sheppard Verified
- — Joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand Verified
- — Appointed leader of the WCTU suffrage campaign Verified
- — Presented the 1893 suffrage petition to Parliament Verified
- — New Zealand granted women the vote Verified
- — Became first president of the National Council of Women of New Zealand Verified
- — Married William Lovell-Smith Verified
- — Died in Christchurch, New Zealand Verified