Baffled means confused.
n the warm Chicago evening of June 27, 1895, Ida B. Wells married Ferdinand Lee Barnett. The match baffled those who did not know the couple well. Ida had a strong personality that often intimidated the men she met in the course of her work. She also was extremely independent. Her friends could not see her giving up her causes to become a housewife and mother. Ferdinand was 10 years older than