# Elizabeth Hughes Gossett

> Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett, the daughter of statesman Charles Evans Hughes, was the first American, and one of the first people in the world, treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes. She received over 42,000 insulin shots over her lifetime.

*First American treated with insulin for diabetes (1907–1981)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-hughes-gossett

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1907-08-19
- **Died:** 1981-04-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 2.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 66.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Elizabeth Hughes Gossett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hughes_Gossett)
- [Elizabeth Hughes Gossett](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hughes_Gossett)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5363005)

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