Jan. 5, 2026, 2:41 p.m. CT
Edith Renfrow Smith believed in using the time you were given.
In 2019, standing before graduates at Grinnell College, she looked back on more than a century of a life spent breaking barriers.
“Grinnell has been my life,” she told graduates. “And life has been wonderful. Remember, take every opportunity to do your best, and I have done it, I hope.”
