Lila Fenwick
Lila Althea Fenwick[1] (1933-2020) was an African American lawyer. She was the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Law School.[2] A student in the class of 1956, Fenwick matriculated into the school's fourth class that admitted women.[2] During her career, Fenwick was a private practice lawyer and later became Chief of the U.N. Human Rights Section. She held the position until her retirement.[2][3] She also co-founded the Foundation for Research and Education in Sickle Cell Disease with Doris Wethers and Yvette Fay Francis-McBarnette.[4] Fenwick died at her home in Manhattan on April 4, 2020 from coronavirus.[4]
References
- ^ Coquillette, Daniel R.,. On the battlefield of merit : Harvard Law School, the first century. Kimball, Bruce A., 1951-. Cambridge, Massachusetts. ISBN 978-0-674-08906-8. OCLC 925305783.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Record, The (2003-02-19). "200 years of race at HLS". The Harvard Law Record. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ Sollors, Werner (1993). Blacks at Harvard: A Documentary History of African-American Experience At Harvard and Radcliffe. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814739778.
- ^ a b Green, Penelope (2020-04-13). "Lila Fenwick, Who Broke a Barrier at Harvard Law, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
External links
- Obituary - New York Times
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