Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
Contents
From a butterfly schoolgirl to a genuine woman -- Exorcising the demon of unrest and dissatisfaction -- Standing face to face with twenty-five years of life ; The 1893 travel diary of Ida B. Wells ; The 1930 Chicago diary of Ida B. Wells-Barnett ; Selected articles, 1885-1888.
Summary
The diaries of Wells, a noted journalist and activist, reveal nineteenth- and twentieth-century black life in a major southern city.