This Iowan was the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College. She lived to be a supercentenarian, dying in 2026.
In retirement, Smith was a longtime volunteer at the Art Institute of Chicago. As she reached her late 90s in the 2010s, she ...
Donation Options Search Search Search Edith Renfrow Smith, just before her 110th birthday, when she baked a cherry pie at her ...
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Edith Renfrow Smith, who witnessed more than a century of Black American history, dies at 111
Edith Renfrow Smith grew up in the 1910s hearing her grandparents’ stories of surviving slavery, including a grandfather who ...
New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests virtual reality (VR) may play a meaningful role in future mental-health ...
From Jenner Tomaska’s latest restaurant in Old Town to bagels in Roscoe Village and Indian street food in Lakeview, here’s ...
Edith Renfrow Smith, a supercentenarian born the granddaughter of slaves and who lived through the administrations of 19 U.S.
Second Street Players will present its' 2026 season opener, The Diary of Anne Frank written by Frances Goodrich and Albert ...
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A new generation sets the pace at Houston Marathon
Today, a new generation sets the pace. The baton is being passed to Edith's granddaughter, Stephanie Keinz, who ran in the ...
Last year, for Black History Month, NPR's Scott Simon spoke with Edith Renfrow Smith of Chicago, who has died at 111 years ...
Northwestern University researchers reflect on the life of 111-year-old Edith Renfrow Smith, whose exceptional cognitive ...
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