Margaret Stanley-Brown
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Herbert Feis (brother-in-law)
Margaret Stanley-Brown | |
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 Margaret Stanley-Brown, from the 1919 yearbook of Vassar College | |
| Born | October 2, 1895 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 1958 (age 64) New Milford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupations | Surgeon, medical school professor |
| Relatives | James A. Garfield (grandfather) Herbert Feis (brother-in-law) |
Margaret Stanley-Brown Sellers (October 2, 1895 – June 12, 1958) was an American surgeon and medical school professor, based in New York City. She was the granddaughter of President James A. Garfield.
Stanley-Brown was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest child of Joseph Stanley-Brown and Mary (Mollie) Garfield Stanley-Brown.[1] Her mother was the only daughter of President James A. Garfield.[2] Her father was President Garfield's private secretary; he also worked with John Wesley Powell.[3] Her brother Rudolph Stanley-Brown was a noted architect and writer.[4] Her sister Ruth, also a writer, married historian Herbert Feis.[5]
Stanley-Brown attended the Hartridge School in New Jersey, and graduated from Vassar College in 1919.[6] She graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1923.
Career
Stanley-Brown served her residency and internship at Bellevue Hospital. She was on the surgical staff of Fifth Avenue Hospital and assistant director of surgery at City Hospital. She taught at the Columbia University medical school. She moved to Connecticut in 1953, and was a surgeon on staff at New Milford Hospital.[7]
She was a member of the New York Surgical Society and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.[7]
