# Sylvia Mendez

> Sylvia Mendez is an American civil rights activist and retired nurse. At the age of ten, she played an instrumental role in the Mendez v. Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case successfully ended de jure segregation in California.

*American activist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sylvia-mendez

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1923
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Sylvia Mendez is an American civil rights activist and retired nurse. At the age of ten, she played an instrumental role in the Mendez v. Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case successfully ended de jure segregation in California.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 46.0

## Sources
- [Sylvia Mendez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Mendez)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sylvia_Mendez)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7660965)

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