Edith Renfrow Smith, part of Northwestern’s ‘SuperAgers’ study, dies at 111
- Posted on January 4, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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Edith Renfrow Smith, part of Northwestern’s ‘SuperAgers’ study, dies at 111
She was the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Iowa and a longtime Chicago schoolteacher.
