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Career and research
[edit]Lewis held several teaching appointments throughout her career. She began with short stints as an assistant/associate professor at the State Agriculture and Mechanics College of South Carolina (1925-1929) and Morgan College (1929-1931); both before she began graduate studies. From 1931-1947, Lewis taught at Tillotson College to finance her doctoral studies, despite earning two Rosenwald Fellowships from the University of Chicago. After earning her doctorate, Lewis spent the remainder of her career at Winston-Salem Teacher's College. Her research explored gonadogenesis in ducks, cellular differentiation, embryology, and sex hormones.[1]