Truth-Telling: Frances Willard and Ida B. Wells

1894 WCTU Convention: The Aftermath

The Aftermath

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Wells took advantage of her other speaking engagements in Cleveland to respond to Willard's comments. The below excerpt is from an article about a speech she gave in a Cleveland AME Church the following week.


The city's black newspaper, the Cleveland Gazette, also took Wells's side.




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