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Letter from Ida B. Wells seeking support, 1914

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Letter from Ida B. Wells seeking support, 1914

In 1913, activist Ida B. Wells founded the country’s first African American women’s suffrage organization, the Alpha Suffrage Club. In this letter, she requests support from the Negro Fellowship League, where the club met each week.

CHM, ICHi-177313