Elizabeth Hughes Gossett
Elizabeth Hughes Gosett | |
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Detroit, Michigan, US | |
Education | Barnard College |
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William T. Gossett (m. 1930) |
Children | 3 |
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Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett (August 19, 1907 – April 21, 1981), the daughter of
Early life
Elizabeth Evans Hughes was born August 19, 1907, in the New York State Executive Mansion in Albany, New York, to Antoinette (Carter) and Charles Evans Hughes, who was Governor of New York at the time.[2]
Elizabeth developed
In spring 1919, Elizabeth Hughes was brought to Dr.
From summer 1921 to spring 1922, a team at the University of Toronto succeeded in isolating the hormone insulin, which type 1 diabetics are unable to produce on their own. Hughes' mother contacted Canadian doctor Frederick Banting, who agreed to take her as a private patient. Hughes arrived in Toronto with her mother on August 15, 1922, and began receiving insulin from Dr. Banting. She recovered rapidly, and she was placed on a 2200–2400 calorie weight-gain diet within two weeks. She returned home to Washington, D.C., on Thanksgiving Day 1922.[3][4]
Adult life
Elizabeth returned to school in 1923 and graduated from
Elizabeth Gossett was active in civic affairs in the Detroit area. She was a member of the board of trustees of Barnard College, one of the founding trustees of Oakland University, Rochester, a member of the Detroit Urban League, as well as a volunteer at the Merrill-Palmer Institute and at Michigan State University. She was best known as the founder of the Supreme Court Historical Society in 1972 and served as its president until 1979.
Gossett died of a heart attack on April 21, 1981, at the age of 73.[5] By the time of her death, she had received approximately 42,000 insulin injections over 58 years. Although her name had been prominently mentioned in the newspaper coverage of insulin in 1922, she later hid her diabetes from her friends and associates. She destroyed most of the material that documented her treatments, and even removed references to diabetes in her father's papers.[7]
Legacy
The Hughes Gossett Awards, presented by the Supreme Court Historical Society, are named in her honor.[8] She was portrayed in the Canadian miniseries on the discovery of insulin, Glory Enough for All.
See also
- Leonard Thompson, first person treated with insulin
References
- ^ Abigail Zuger (October 4, 2010). "Rediscovering the First Miracle Drug". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- S2CID 2287729.
- ^ ISBN 0226058972.
- ^ "Hughes (Elizabeth) Papers". University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved 13 Jun 2019.
- ^ a b "Elizabeth H. Gossett, a Trustee of Barnard College, Is Dead at 73". The New York Times. April 27, 1981. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ^ "Newcomer Part III". 2004-11-26. Archived from the original on 2004-11-26. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ISBN 9780618514618.
- ^ Brozan, Nadine (June 7, 1995). "CHRONICLE". The New York Times.
External links
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