Edith Lewis

Edith Lewis
Lewis's passport photograph, 1920
Born(1882-12-22)December 22, 1882
DiedAugust 11, 1972(1972-08-11) (aged 89)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Magazine editor,
McClure's Magazine
PartnerWilla Cather (c. 1908–1947)

Edith Lewis (December 22, 1882 – August 11, 1972)[1][2] was a magazine editor at McClure's Magazine, the managing editor of Every Week Magazine, and an advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson. Lewis was Willa Cather's domestic partner and was named executor of Cather's literary estate in Cather's will. After Cather's death, Lewis published a memoir of Cather in 1953 titled Willa Cather Living.[3]

  1. ^ "Edith Lewis- United States Passport Applications". FamilySearch. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Edith Lewis United States – Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ Lewis, Edith. Willa Cather Living. Ed. John J. Murphy. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000.