A “True Grinnellian” featured in Smith Gallery

By Libby Eggert eggertli@grinnell.edu Dr. Tamara Beauboeuf and Feven Getachew `24 spent the summer organizing the rededication of Smith Gallery to properly recognize its namesake and the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College, Mrs. Edith Renfrow Smith. Beauboeuf and Getachew wanted to reconcile the lacking recognition from the College to the pioneer, who is still alive at age 107. Beauboeuf said, “The institution [Grinnell College] has neglected this woman for much of its history. Feven and I were […]