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Mississippi Journalist Ida B. Wells Honored with New Barbie Doll

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Girls Write Now
By Girls Write Now

January 13, 2022

Southern Living

To honor Wells’ legacy as a writer and leader, Barbie is partnering with Girls Write Now, a nonprofit dedicated to mentoring the next generation of writers and leaders while breaking down barriers of gender, race, age, and poverty. Through a donation from the Barbie Dream Gap Fund, Girls Write Now will provide high school girls across the nation with writing and publishing programs. Barbie will also host a virtual event on February 18 with Michelle Duster, the great granddaughter of Ida B. Wells. 

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For 25 years, Girls Write Now has been breaking down barriers of gender, race, age and poverty to mentor the…

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