Compare and contrast Elise Johnson McDougald and Ida B. Wells.

In terms of
comparison, both Elise Johnson McDougald and Ida B. Wells actively fought against the prejudice
and discrimination faced by African Americans. McDougald, for example, was an active member of
the National Urban League, where her work focused on the working and living conditions of
African African women in her home city of New York. Similarly, Wells was very prominent in
raising awareness of African American violence, focusing particularly on lynching. She was also
involved in the women's suffrage movement.

However, these women came from
very different backgrounds. For a start, Wells was actually born into slavery in Mississippi and
was only freed because of the Emancipation Proclamation. In contrast, McDougalds father was
known as the first African American doctor in the city of New York. These different backgrounds
may have influenced how these women viewed their activism work and, more importantly, influenced
their priorities. This is certainly worth exploring further.