Rachel B Mayhew was born July 21st, 1908 in Tenafly, NJ. She was one of 7 children. She graduated in 1927 from Tenafly High, where she consistently made honor roll. She earned her medical degree from Hood college in 1931, and worked as a dietician for 31 years. She worked for Bellevue Hospital, the Sheraton, and the city of New York. She lived with her sister, Hazel, in 1950. She lived alone in Manhattan as of 1985, and Hazel passed away in 1993. Rachel passed in Manhattan in 1995.