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Annie Elizabeth " Bessie " Delany (September 3, 1891 – September 25, 1995) was an American dentist and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her elder sister, Sadie, of the oral history, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, written by journalist Amy Hill Hearth. Delany had earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS ...
1855: Emeline Roberts Jones became the first woman to practice dentistry in the United States. [1] She married the dentist Daniel Jones when she was a teenager, and became his assistant in 1855. [2] 1866: Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first woman to graduate from a dental college (Ohio Dental College). [2]
There is a long history of women in dentistry. Women are depicted as assistant dentists in the Middle Ages. Prior to the 19th century, dentistry was largely not yet a clearly defined and regulated profession with formal educational requirements. Individual female dentists are known from the 18th century. When the profession was regulated in the ...
Ida Gray (also known as Ida Gray Nelson and Ida Rollins; March 4, 1867 – May 3, 1953) was the first African-American woman to become a dentist in the United States. [1] At a very young age she became an orphan when her parents died. Later in her life she became interested in dentistry when she went to work in the offices of Jonathan Taft, [2 ...
Lilly Daché. Lilly Daché (c. 1892 – 31 December 1989) was a French-born American milliner and fashion merchandiser. She started her career in a small bonnet shop, advanced to being a sales lady at Macy's department store, and from there started her own hat business. She was at the peak of her business career in the 1930s and 1940s.
Lucy Hobbs Taylor (March 14, 1833 – October 3, 1910) was an American dentist, known for being the first woman to graduate from dental school (Ohio College of Dental Surgery in 1866). [1] She was originally denied admittance to the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, owing to her gender. Due to this, a professor in the college agreed ...
Died. January 23, 1948 (1948-01-23) (aged 77) Alma mater. University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Occupation (s) Dentist, Medical Researcher. Weston Andrew Valleau Price[ 1 ] (September 6, 1870 – January 23, 1948) was a Canadian dentist known primarily for his theories on the relationship between nutrition, dental health, and physical health.
Bonnet (headgear) Old woman in sunbonnet (c. 1930). Photograph by Doris Ulmann. A bonnet decorated with lace and tulle from the 1880s. Bonnet has been used as the name for a wide variety of headgear for both sexes—more often female—from the Middle Ages to the present. As with "hat" and "cap", it is impossible to generalize as to the styles ...