caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place influenced nationality ethnicity birth_date nickname language image article_title education name occupation
frances claudia wright 2 april 2010 south kensington frances claudia wright freetown , sierra leone family law in sierra leone british subject , sierra leonean creole 5 march 1919 west africa 's portia english picture of frances claudia wright.jpg frances claudia wright
 dame alice harpur school , gray 's inn frances claudia wright barrister
frances claudia wright

frances claudia wright , obe -lrb- 5 march 1919 -- 2 april 2010 -rrb- was a prominent sierra leonean lawyer during the 20th century .
known as `` west africa 's portia '' , in 1943 wright was the first sierra leonean woman to pass the bar in great britain and to practice law in sierra leone .
