Frances Claudia Wright | |
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 Frances Claudia Wright | |
| Born | Frances Claudia Wright 5 March 1919 Freetown, British Sierra Leone |
| Died | 2 April 2010 (aged 91) South Kensington, London |
| Nickname | West Africa's Portia |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British subject, Sierra Leonean |
| Education | Bedford Girls' Modern School, Gray's Inn |
Frances Claudia Wright, OBE (5 March 1919 – 2 April 2010), was a prominent Sierra Leonean lawyer during the 20th century. Known as "West Africa's Portia", in 1941 Wright was the first Sierra Leonean woman to be called to the Bar in Great Britain and to practise law in Sierra Leone.[1]