She received a common education, and attended Western Kentucky State Normal School and Transylvania University.
[1] Lewis served as superintendent of Grayson County Schools for 8 years.
[1] In 1927, she ran for Secretary of State of Kentucky against F. D. Quisenberry.
[1] She was also employed by the Kentucky Department of Public Welfare for three years.
[1] Lewis died of uremia on December 16, 1953, in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of 74.