Ida.
Ida B Wells.
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).[1] Wells dedicated her career to combating prejudice and violence, and advocating for African-American equality—especially for women.[2]
Wells was born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She was freed as an infant under the Emancipation Proclamation, when Union Army troops captured Holly Springs. At the age of 16,[4] she lost both her parents and her infant brother in the 1878 yellow fever epidemic. She got a job teaching and kept the rest of the family together with the help of her grandmother, later moving with some of her siblings to Memphis, Tennessee. Soon, Wells co-owned and wrote for the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper, where her reporting covered incidents of racial segregation and inequality. Eventually, her investigative journalism was carried nationally in Black-owned newspapers. Subjected to continued threats and criminal violence, including when a white mob destroyed her newspaper office and presses, Wells left Memphis for Chicago, Illinois. She married Ferdinand L. Barnett in 1895 and had a family while continuing her work writing, speaking, and organizing for civil rights and the women’s movement for the rest of her life.
-excerpt from @wikipedia
I hope you’ll keep reading and dig deeper. Ida fought for justice, with courage. She is a hero. Let’s celebrate her, and keep our feeds & our minds and our hearts full of other brilliant courageous women. Pass it along, share what you know, keep saying their names and telling their stories.
I want all of our words to celebrate women so much that there is just no space left for how to lose out belly fat and erase wrinkles, how to do more to take up less space 🖕
Tell me some names of your favorite women warriors from history. Share their stories. Take up all the space!
As I make these pieces, all of the one of a kind forms, I get lost in a sort of meditation on duality, on how delicate and yet fiercely strong the material is. How the forms are so incredibly expressive and totally unique. What better way to magnify the forms than to honor them with the names of bold courageous strong women in history who have lived this duality with grace and beauty and without ever stopping to think about it.
Inspired by my time in New Mexico this past winter, this new series of work, handmade from black porcelain, is an extension of my watercolor paintings. Meant more as art pieces, these bowls are not food safe because the glaze does not cover the entire surface.
Ida measures 14 × 13 × 3 ½ inches
Ida.
Ida B Wells.
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).[1] Wells dedicated her career to combating prejudice and violence, and advocating for African-American equality—especially for women.[2]
Wells was born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She was freed as an infant under the Emancipation Proclamation, when Union Army troops captured Holly Springs. At the age of 16,[4] she lost both her parents and her infant brother in the 1878 yellow fever epidemic. She got a job teaching and kept the rest of the family together with the help of her grandmother, later moving with some of her siblings to Memphis, Tennessee. Soon, Wells co-owned and wrote for the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper, where her reporting covered incidents of racial segregation and inequality. Eventually, her investigative journalism was carried nationally in Black-owned newspapers. Subjected to continued threats and criminal violence, including when a white mob destroyed her newspaper office and presses, Wells left Memphis for Chicago, Illinois. She married Ferdinand L. Barnett in 1895 and had a family while continuing her work writing, speaking, and organizing for civil rights and the women’s movement for the rest of her life.
-excerpt from @wikipedia
I hope you’ll keep reading and dig deeper. Ida fought for justice, with courage. She is a hero. Let’s celebrate her, and keep our feeds & our minds and our hearts full of other brilliant courageous women. Pass it along, share what you know, keep saying their names and telling their stories.
I want all of our words to celebrate women so much that there is just no space left for how to lose out belly fat and erase wrinkles, how to do more to take up less space 🖕
Tell me some names of your favorite women warriors from history. Share their stories. Take up all the space!
As I make these pieces, all of the one of a kind forms, I get lost in a sort of meditation on duality, on how delicate and yet fiercely strong the material is. How the forms are so incredibly expressive and totally unique. What better way to magnify the forms than to honor them with the names of bold courageous strong women in history who have lived this duality with grace and beauty and without ever stopping to think about it.
Inspired by my time in New Mexico this past winter, this new series of work, handmade from black porcelain, is an extension of my watercolor paintings. Meant more as art pieces, these bowls are not food safe because the glaze does not cover the entire surface.
Ida measures 14 × 13 × 3 ½ inches
