<h3><u><em>Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She went on to found and become integral in groups striving for African American justice.
</em></u></h3><h3><u><em>Birth Date: July 16, 1862
</em></u></h3><h3><u><em>Death Date: March 25, 1931
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Because romanticism emphasized intuition, feelings, individual acts of heroism, and the study of nature whereas the age of reason emphasized balance, order, and reason.