Ida B. Wells, 1862-1931, an African-American journalist, brought  intense focus on the history of gender, race and class discord in the United States. She devoted much of her life to the empowerment of women and racial justice issues. She met defeat with the kind of resolve that is hard to imagine. She never lost faith in this countrie’s potential for reform.  She is one of many heroines that helped this country to care for its citizens with more compassion and integrity. Even much work remains to be done to create true equality and harmony in this state for all its people, we can be thankful for the hard work and sacrifice of so many people whose service to good has been forgotten. Let us honor them by doing more good work…