Marion C. Loizeaux
Marion C. Loizeaux | |
|---|---|
 Marion C. Loizeaux, from the 1927 yearbook of Wellesley College | |
| Born | December 20, 1904 New York City |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, surgeon |
Marion Cotton Loizeaux (born December 20, 1904) was an American physician who served in World War II, and worked with veterans' program after the war. The New York Times described her as "the only woman surgeon with the United States Army in the European Theatre of Operations" in 1943.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Loizeaux was born in New York City, the daughter of Paul Howard Loizeaux and Lucy Biggs Cotton Loizeaux. Her father was an interior decorator.[2] She graduated from Wellesley College in 1927,[3] and completed her medical degree at Cornell University Medical College in 1931.[4][5]
Career[edit]
Loizeaux returned to Wellesley College to be assistant physician on staff there in the 1930s.[6][7] During World War II, Loizeaux was based in England,[8][9] She worked for the British Ministry of Health in 1941,[10] and was one of the first American women doctors serving with the WACs overseas.[11][12] As "the first woman doctor to be commissioned in the European theater",[13] she held the rank of First Lieutenant,[14] and became a Captain and a Major,[15] in the Army Medical Corps.[8] Her work was recognized with a Bronze Star medal and a Battle Star.[4]
After the war, she lived in Boston,[15] and was appointed by the Veterans Administration (VA) as a consultant on the care of women veterans in New England.[16][17] In the 1950s and 1960s, she was chief of the geriatric department, and head of a rehabilitation program for elderly disabled veterans, at the Albany VA Hospital.[4][18] "The way back for the disabled oldsters is sometimes long," she told an interviewer in 1959, "but for some it eventually leads out of the hospital and into a new life."[19] She also taught at Albany Medical College.
Publications[edit]
- "Palliative Irradiation of Gastric Cancer" (1935, with George T. Pack, Isabel M. Scharnagel, and Edith H. Quimby)[20]
- "Psychological remotivation of the chronically ill medical patient: A quantitative study in rehabilitation methodology" (1961, with Leo Shatin and Paul Brown)[21]
References[edit]
- ^ "Woman Doctor to Set Up Waac Service in England". The New York Times. 1943-04-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "Paul H. Loizeaux Dies in Florida". The Courier-News. 1928-02-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wellesley College, Legenda (1927 yearbook): 69.
- ^ a b c "Dr Loizeaux to Head Program". The Post-Star. 1968-04-17. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cornell Doctor to Go Overseas". Ithaca Cornell Daily Sun. November 24, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "British AEF Gets 1st Woman Medic". Daily News. 1943-04-10. p. 213. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wellesley College, Legenda (1942 yearbook): 117.
- ^ a b "Woman Army Captian". The Boston Globe. 1943-10-08. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Woman Army Doctor Overseas". The Courier-News. 1943-05-22. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "First Woman Officer in ETO Visiting Here". The Atlanta Constitution. 1945-11-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hewlett, John H. (1944-02-04). "No Nudes for Women Army Doctors". Hinton Daily News. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Only Woman Doctor with Yankees in Britain". The Buffalo News. 1943-04-22. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Medicine and the War". Journal of the American Medical Association. 128 (4): 292. 1945-05-26. doi:10.1001/jama.1945.02860210048016. ISSN 0002-9955.
- ^ Cowan, Ruth (1943-10-11). "Women Serve as Surgeons". Arizona Republic. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Battle of Beacon Hill --Round 2; Some Residents Now Scorn Brick Sidewalks, Want Concrete". The Boston Globe. 1947-05-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. Marion Loizeaux Named Consultant of N. E. Women Vets". The Boston Globe. 1946-11-28. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hospital for Women War Vets is Dedicated at Boston". Lowell Sun. March 31, 1947. p. 21. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Aging Lectures Set". The Troy Record. 1968-04-18. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Area VA Hospital Pioneers in Aiding Elderly Disabled". The Times Record. 1959-07-21. p. 21. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pack, George T. (1935-12-01). "Palliative Irradiation of Gastric Cancer". Archives of Surgery. 31 (6): 851. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1935.01180180003001. ISSN 0004-0010.
- ^ Shatin, Leo; Brown, Paula; Loizeaux, Marion (1961-10-01). "Psychological remotivation of the chronically ill medical patient: A quantitative study in rehabilitation methodology". Journal of Chronic Diseases. 14 (4): 452–468. doi:10.1016/0021-9681(61)90142-4. ISSN 0021-9681. PMID 13911433.