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2 days ago

Edith Renfrow Smith, pioneer and witness to history, dies at 111

Edith Renfrow Smith, a pioneering Black woman and supercentenarian, became Grinnell College's first Black woman graduate and witnessed major historical figures.
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fromwww.chicagotribune.com
3 days ago

Edith Renfrow Smith, part of Northwestern's SuperAgers' study, dies at 111

Edith Renfrow Smith was the first Black woman graduate of Grinnell College, a longtime Chicago teacher, and remained cognitively sharp into her 110s.
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