Question: who gained fame for her actions during the american civil war

title: Ida B. Wells
text: Wells took two tours to Europe in her campaign for justice , the first in 1893 and the second in 1894 . In 1893 , Wells went to Great Britain at the invitation of Catherine Impey , a British Quaker . An opponent of imperialism and proponent of racial equality , Impey wanted to ensure that the British public learned about the problem of lynching in the US . Wells toured England , Scotland and Wales for two months , addressing audiences of thousands , and rallying a moral crusade among the British . She accompanied her speeches with a photograph of a white mob and grinning white children posing near a hanged black man ; her talks created a sensation , but some in the audiences remained doubtful of her accounts . Wells intended to raise money and expose the US lynching violence , but received so little funds that she had difficulty covering her travel expenses .