Lila Fenwick

Lila Fenwick
Lila Fenwick
Born	24 May 1932 ; Manhattan
Died	4 April 2020 (aged 87); Manhattan
Alma mater	Harvard Law School; Barnard College; London School of Economics ;
Occupation	Lawyer, human rights defender
Employer	United Nations Human Rights Committee (1960s–1973) ;

Lila Althea Fenwick (May 24, 1932 – April 4, 2020) was an American lawyer, human rights advocate, and United Nations official. She was the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Law School.[1][2][3]

Fenwick was born in Manhattan, New York City, on May 24, 1932.[1] Her parents, John and Hilda Fenwick, had immigrated to the United States from Trinidad.[1] She received her bachelor's degree from Barnard College in 1953 before enrolling at Harvard Law School.[1]

A student in the class of 1956, Fenwick matriculated into the school's fourth class that admitted women.[2] She then completed her studies at the London School of Economics.[1]

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][4] She also co-founded the Foundation for Research and Education in Sickle Cell Disease with Doris Wethers and Yvette Fay Francis-McBarnette.[5]

Fenwick died at her home in Manhattan on April 4, 2020, from complications of COVID-19 at the age of 87.[1][5]

References

Griffin, Kelsey J. (2020-04-21). "Lila Fenwick, First Black Female Graduate of Harvard Law School, Dies at 87". Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
"200 years of race at HLS". The Harvard Law Record. 2003-02-19. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
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.
Sollors, Werner (1993). Blacks at Harvard: A Documentary History of African-American Experience At Harvard and Radcliffe. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814739778.
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.

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[hc-1] Griffin, Kelsey J. (2020-04-21). "Lila Fenwick, First Black Female Graduate of Harvard Law School, Dies at 87". Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2020-04-24.

[:0-2] "200 years of race at HLS". The Harvard Law Record. 2003-02-19. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

[3] 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.

[4] Sollors, Werner (1993). Blacks at Harvard: A Documentary History of African-American Experience At Harvard and Radcliffe. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814739778.

[:1-5] 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.