Vivion Brewer
Vivion Mercer Lenon Brewer | |
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Born | |
Died | June 18, 1991 | (aged 90)
Occupation(s) | Banker, Activist, Author |
Spouse | Joseph Brewer (1930–1991) |
Vivion Mercer Lenon Brewer (October 6, 1900 – June 18, 1991)
Early life and education
Vivion Brewer was born Vivion Lenon to Warren and Clara (Mercer) Lenon, in Little Rock on October 6, 1900. She graduated from what is now Little Rock Central High School in 1917, and attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, graduating in 1921 with a major in sociology. In 1926, she enrolled in the Arkansas Law School in Little Rock while working for her father’s bank in Little Rock. She graduated in 1928.
Desegregation work
During the
Later life and death
Smith College awarded Brewer an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 1961 for her work during the school crisis. She died on June 18, 1991, in Sierra Madre, California, where she lived for the last three years of her life. She is buried in Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock.
Personal life
In 1930, she married Joseph Brewer,
Additional information
- Vivion Lenon Brewer Papers, 1900-1991, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College.
References
- ^ "Vivion Mercer Lenon Brewer (1901–1991) – Encyclopedia of Arkansas". www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net. Retrieved 2017-10-22.