Faye C. Lewis
Born
Faye Cashatt

(1896-01-20)January 20, 1896
DiedJune 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[1] in Carroll County, Iowa and then moved with her family to South Dakota in 1909.[2] 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[3] 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.[4] She first practiced medicine in Michigan.[5]

She married W.B. Lewis, who was a classmate at Washington University School of Medicine in 1923.[1] She stopped practicing medicine and began writing, a life she described in her book Doc's Wife.[6] They moved to Webster City, Iowa in 1928[5] 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,[4] she ended up working as a doctor until she and her husband retired in 1969.[5]

Lewis died on June 10, 1982.[7]

Selected publications

  • Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1940-01-01). Doc's Wife. The Macmillan Company.[8]
  • Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1968-01-01). Patients, doctors, and families (First ed.). Doubleday.[9]
  • Lewis, Faye C. (1970). A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble. M.D. Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, N.Y.[10]
  • 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.[11]
  • 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.[7][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1896-1982)". iagenweb.org. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Former Coon Rapids Resident Writes Book". Carroll Daily Times Herald. 1972-02-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  3. ↑ "Missouri Women in the Health Sciences - Biographies - First Alumnae of the WU School of Medicine". beckerexhibits.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  4. 1 2 Shanley, Mary Kay (1968-01-28). "Her job: heal and listen". The Des Moines Register. p. 38. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  5. 1 2 3 "Hamilton County Honors Husband-Wife Doctors". The Des Moines Register. 1969-02-02. p. 32. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  6. ↑ "The Story of a Doctor's Wife". The New York Times. 1940-05-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  7. 1 2 "Obituary for LEWIS FAYEC". The Des Moines Register. 1982-06-12. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  8. ↑ Reviews of Doc's Wife
  9. ↑ Reviews of Patients, doctors, and families
  10. ↑ Review of A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble
  11. ↑ Reviews of Nothing to Make a Shadow
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