Please meet Dr. Emma Screeton Forster.

A native of Carlisle, Arkansas, Dr. Forster (1882-1983) was a licensed Homeopath physician who passed the Arkansas boards in 1903. After attending St. Mary’s Academy in Little Rock, Dr. Forster studied medicine at the Homeopathic Medical College in St. Louis, MO. During the summers, she assisted her father, Dr. George Thomas Screeton, in his office and during house calls in Carlisle.

This photo was taken in her home on South Louisiana Street when she was in her 70’s; she lived to be 100 years old. Image: courtesy of UAMS.

Rest in peace Dr. Emma Forester

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