We want to address these inequities of our time": NYT starts new series featuring overlooked obituaries

Ida B. Wells, who was born a slave in 1862 and went on to become the most famous black woman of her time as a journalist and civil rights activist, never had an obituary in The New York Times. Neither did accomplished authors Sylvia Plath or Charlotte Brontë, or photographer Diane Arbus. They are among the women targeted in a new series called "Overlooked" that will publish obituaries for women who were not singled out for the honor at the time.

The first set of obituaries were rolled out March 8 -- International Women's Day. New York Times national reporter Caitlin Dickerson, who wrote Wells' obituary, told CBSN's Elaine Quijano the paper is "acknowledging now that the New York Times was, quite honestly, part of the problem."


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