Ida B. Wells Quotes about Country

I honestly believe I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby to make political speeches.

I honestly believe I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby to make political speeches.

Ida B. Wells

Country, Baby, Believe

Ida B. Wells (2013). “Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells”, p.244, University of Chicago Press

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.

Ida B. Wells

Country, Lynching, Years

Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.

Ida B. Wells

Country, Lynching, Insane

"Crime and Punishment in America". Book by David B. Wolcott and Tom Head, p. 144, 2010.

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.

Ida B. Wells

Friday, Country, Children

Ida B. Wells (2013). “Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells”, p.17, University of Chicago Press