| Faye C. Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Faye Cashatt (1896-01-20)January 20, 1896 |
| Died | June 10, 1982(1982-06-10) (aged 86) |
Faye Cashatt Lewis (20 January 1896 – 10 June 1982) was the first woman to graduate from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She is the author of multiple books including Doc's Wife, A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble, and All Out Against Arthritis.
Early life
Lewis was born on January 20, 1896 in Carroll County, Iowa and then moved with her family to South Dakota in 1909. Lewis received her undergraduate degree from University of South Dakota. In 1919, she transferred to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as a third year student where she received her medical degree in 1921; she was the only woman in her class and the first to receive an M.D. from the university. She first practiced medicine in Michigan.
She married W.B. Lewis, who was a classmate at Washington University School of Medicine in 1923. She stopped practicing medicine and began writing, a life she described in her book Doc's Wife. They moved to Webster City, Iowa in 1928 and Faye re-started practicing medicine in 1943 during a period when her husband and others were serving in the military. While she did not intend to remain in practice, she ended up working as a doctor until she and her husband retired in 1969.
Lewis died on June 10, 1982.
Selected publications
- Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1940-01-01). Doc's Wife. The Macmillan Company.
- Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1968-01-01). Patients, doctors, and families (First ed.). Doubleday.
- Lewis, Faye C. (1970). A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble. M.D. Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, N.Y.
- Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1971-01-01). Nothing To Make A Shadow (First ed.). Ames, Iowa: IA State Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8138-0775-1.
- Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1973-01-01). All out against arthritis. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-022392-0.
Awards and honors
At the 125th anniversary of Webster City, Iowa, Lewis was named the city's outstanding business woman.
References
- ^ "Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1896-1982)". iagenweb.org. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- "Former Coon Rapids Resident Writes Book". Carroll Daily Times Herald. 1972-02-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- "Missouri Women in the Health Sciences - Biographies - First Alumnae of the WU School of Medicine". beckerexhibits.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Shanley, Mary Kay (1968-01-28). "Her job: heal and listen". The Des Moines Register. p. 38. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Hamilton County Honors Husband-Wife Doctors". The Des Moines Register. 1969-02-02. p. 32. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- "The Story of a Doctor's Wife". The New York Times. 1940-05-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Obituary for LEWIS FAYEC". The Des Moines Register. 1982-06-12. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- Reviews of Doc's Wife
- Dreewry, John E. (1940-08-25). "New Book News". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 56. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- "Review of "Doc's Wife," by Faye Cashatt Lewis". The Des Moines Register. 1940-05-12. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- "Doctor's wife studies small city's anatomy". The Daily Oklahoman. 1940-06-09. p. 65. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- Reviews of Patients, doctors, and families
- Duffy, Beverley (1968-01-28). "Common sense medic". The Gazette. p. 50. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- Andelman, S.L. (1968-04-05). "for Better Health". Courier-Post. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- Review of A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble
- "A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble". Occupational Health Nursing; Atlanta. 18 (9): 36. September 1970. doi:10.1177/216507997001800913. S2CID 208207945.
- Reviews of Nothing to Make a Shadow
- Lenker, Mary Ann (1972-09-03). "Review of Nothing to Make a Shadow". Argus-Leader. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- "Former Coon Rapids Resident Writes Book". Carroll Daily Times Herald. 1972-02-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-06-10.