May Cravath Wharton | |
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| Born | May Hannah Cravath August 18, 1873 St. Charles, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | November 19, 1959 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Years active | 1898–1957 |
| Known for | Establishing hospitals in Tennessee |
| Notable work | Doctor Woman of the Cumberlands |
May Cravath Wharton (1873–1959) was an American physician. She is known for her pioneering medical work in Cumberland County, Tennessee, for providing medical care to the people of the Cumberland Plateau during the 1919 flu pandemic, and for establishing hospitals and clinics in rural Tennessee. She settled in Tennessee in 1917 with her husband and was the resident physician at Pleasant Hill Academy. Born in Minnesota, Wharton attended Carleton College and graduated from the University of North Dakota. She earned her medical degree from the University of Michigan. She wrote the 1953 autobiography Doctor Woman of the Cumberlands.