Barbara Smith

American activist and academic (born 1946)

Person Human Q3634688

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[10]
Date of birth: December 16, 1946
Place of birth: Cleveland
Country of citizenship: United States^[6]
Occupation: writer, politician, feminist
Educated at: Mount Holyoke College^[7]
Award received: Judy Grahn Award, Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography^[8]^[9]
Sibling: Beverly Smith^[18]
Nominated for: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography^[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[14]
Different from: Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Barbara Smith^[15]^[16]
Family name: Smith^[11]
Given name: Barbara^[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora, Boston Black Women Lead^[19]^[20]
Start of work period: 1970^[17]
Writing language: English^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 26

ISNI: 0000000072471566
VIAF cluster ID: 76330232
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n88040014
GND ID: 143483862
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Barbara Smith at NWSA 2017 (cropped).jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12025810k
CANTIC ID: 981059735533006706
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10689458
DDB person (GND) ID: 143483862
Described at URL: www.smith.edu
Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID: 1108
FAST ID: 234295

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FemBio ID: 25537
Freebase ID: /m/092hjm
IdRef ID: 077238907
J9U entity ID: 987007447529305171
NL CR AUT ID: osd2013763586
NUKAT ID: n2002070362
National Library of Latvia ID: 000164780
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071913564
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110810105854657
Quora topic ID: Barbara-Smith-21
RERO ID (legacy): A012456528
Wellcome Collection concept ID: hzcedjr2
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJr7TXMtbJwhHwBy7MdvpP
Yale LUX ID: person/3ff296d9-5456-4cca-96a1-df106ecfef6d

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 2

writer, politician

Award received 1

Judy Grahn Award

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Mount Holyoke College

Family name 1

Smith

Founded entities 1

Combahee River Collective

Given name 1

Barbara

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Cleveland

Sex or gender 1

female

Writing language 1

English

← Cast member 1

The Terror of the Tongs

← Winner 1

Kessler Award

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Summary

Barbara Smith was born on December 16, 1946^[1], in Cleveland^[2]. She has worked as a writer^[3], politician^[4], and feminist^[5].

FAQs

Where was Barbara Smith born?

Barbara Smith was born in Cleveland^[2].

What did Barbara Smith do for work?

Barbara Smith worked as a writer^[3], politician^[4], and feminist^[5].

Where did Barbara Smith go to school?

Barbara Smith was educated at Mount Holyoke College^[7].

What awards did Barbara Smith receive?

Honors received include Judy Grahn Award^[8] and Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography^[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Barbara Smith — place of birth (P19): Cleveland. smith.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-12. smith.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Barbara Smith — sex or gender (P21): female. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-06. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Barbara Smith — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Barbara Smith — educated at (P69): Mount Holyoke College. smith.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-12. smith.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Barbara Smith — occupation (P106): writer. lambdaliterary.org. lambdaliterary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Barbara Smith — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Barbara Smith — occupation (P106): feminist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Barbara Smith — award received (P166): Judy Grahn Award. publishingtriangle.org. Retrieved 2017-03-12. publishingtriangle.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Barbara Smith — award received (P166): Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography. lambdaliterary.org. lambdaliterary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Barbara Smith — date of birth (P569): December 16, 1946. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Barbara Smith — family name (P734): Smith. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Barbara Smith — given name (P735): Barbara. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Barbara Smith — nominated for (P1411): Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography. lambdaliterary.org. lambdaliterary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Barbara Smith — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Barbara Smith — different from (P1889): Barbara McIlvaine Smith. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Barbara Smith — different from (P1889): Barbara Smith. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Barbara Smith — start of work period (P2031): 1970. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Barbara Smith — sibling (P3373): Beverly Smith. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Barbara Smith — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject African diaspora. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Barbara Smith — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Boston Black Women Lead. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Barbara Smith — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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3d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64317: add GND source to female gender"
15w ago · Franzekafka · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Image → Barbara Smith at NWSA 2017 (cropped).jpg

"Changed claim: Image: Barbara Smith at NWSA 2017 (cropped).jpg"
16w ago · Exilexi · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Award received → Judy Grahn Award, Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography

Nominated for → Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → writer, politician, feminist

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32085: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
26w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → writer, politician, feminist

Educated at → Mount Holyoke College

Given name → Barbara

Instance of → human

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"Created claim: CANTIC ID: 981059735533006706, batch #257405"

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