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In 1905 she was awarded the Doctor of Dental Surgery from that school, [14] and after a trial of the State Board of Dental Examiners, which delayed the awarding of licenses, she was granted a dental license in August 1905. [15] 1909: Minnie Evangeline Jordon established the first dental practice in the United States devoted only to pediatric ...
1895: Lilian Lindsay became the first licensed female dentist in Britain. [12] 1895: Anna Robina (Robbi) Karvonen became the first female dentist to study and earn a dental degree in Finland, when she took her exam in 1895. [27] 1898: Emma Gaudreau Casgrain became the first licensed female dentist in Canada. [12]
Lovisa Årberg (1801–1881) was the first female doctor and surgeon in Sweden; whereas, Amalia Assur (1803–1889) was the first female dentist in Sweden and possibly Europe. Marie Durocher (1809–1893) was a Brazilian obstetrician, midwife and physician. She is considered the first female doctor in Brazil and the Americas.
The study compared hospitals in Canada where female surgeons and anesthesiologists made up more than 35% of the surgical teams to hospitals with a smaller share of female doctors.
This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
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Mattie E. Coleman in 1932, an African American physician, became the first graduate of the dental program at Meharry Medical College. [61] Anna Bailey Coles was the founding dean of Howard University's College of Nursing, created in 1969. [62] M. E. Thompson Coppin was the 10th African American woman to become a medical doctor in the United ...