Sonia Pressman Fuentes

Sonia Pressman Fuentes (May 30, 1928 – December 20, 2025) was a Polish-Jewish American author, speaker, feminist leader, and lawyer.

Early years and education Fuentes was born in Berlin, Germany, to Polish-Jewish parents with whom she came to the U.S. to escape the Holocaust. She graduated from Cornell University and the University of Miami School of Law.

Fuentes was the author of a memoir, Eat First—You Don't Know What They'll Give You, The Adventures of an Immigrant Family and Their Feminist Daughter (1999). Her articles on women's rights and other subjects have been published in newspapers, magazines, and journals in the U.S. and other countries.

She was a member of the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. Since 1994, she resided in Sarasota, Florida.

Her papers are archived in the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University.

Later life and death Fuentes died on December 20, 2025, at the age of 97.

Awards Foremother Award from the National Center for Health Research.