Faye Cashatt Lewis Explained
Faye C. Lewis |
Birth Name: | Faye Cashatt |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1896 |
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. 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.[4] 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,[6] she ended up working as a doctor until she and her husband retired in 1969.
Lewis died on June 10, 1982.[7]
Selected publications
- Book: Lewis, Faye Cashatt . Doc's Wife . 1940-01-01 . The Macmillan Company. [8]
- Book: Lewis, Faye Cashatt . Patients, doctors, and families . 1968-01-01 . Doubleday . First. English. [9]
- Book: Lewis, Faye C.. A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble. M.D. Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, N.Y. . 1970 . [10]
- Book: Lewis, Faye Cashatt . Nothing To Make A Shadow . 1971-01-01 . IA State Univ Press . 978-0-8138-0775-1 . First . Ames, Iowa . English. [11]
- Book: Lewis, Faye Cashatt . All out against arthritis . 1973-01-01 . Prentice-Hall . 978-0-13-022392-0 . English.
Awards and honors
At the 125th anniversary of Webster City, Iowa, Lewis was named the city's outstanding business woman.
Notes and References
- Web site: Lewis, Faye Cashatt (1896-1982) . 2023-06-10 . iagenweb.org.
- News: 1972-02-12 . Former Coon Rapids Resident Writes Book. 1 . Carroll Daily Times Herald . 2023-06-10.
- Web site: Missouri Women in the Health Sciences - Biographies - First Alumnae of the WU School of Medicine . 2022-10-25 . beckerexhibits.wustl.edu.
- News: 1940-05-12 . The Story of a Doctor's Wife . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-10 . 0362-4331.
- News: 1969-02-02 . Hamilton County Honors Husband-Wife Doctors . 32 . The Des Moines Register . 2023-06-10.
- News: Shanley . Mary Kay. 1968-01-28 . Her job: heal and listen . 38 . The Des Moines Register . 2023-06-10.
- News: 1982-06-12 . Obituary for LEWIS FAYEC . 24 . The Des Moines Register . 2023-06-10.
- Reviews of Doc's Wife
- Reviews of Patients, doctors, and families
- News: Duffy . Beverley . 1968-01-28 . Common sense medic . 50 . The Gazette . 2023-06-10.
- News: Andelman . S.L. . 1968-04-05 . for Better Health . 16 . Courier-Post . 2023-06-10.
- Review of A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble
- September 1970 . A Doctor Looks at Heart Trouble . Occupational Health Nursing; Atlanta . 18 . 9 . 36. 10.1177/216507997001800913 . 208207945 . free .
- Reviews of Nothing to Make a Shadow