Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first dental woman!

Lucy Hobbs Taylor

Lucy was the first American woman to graduate from dental school in 1986. She wanted to be a doctor, but no American university of that time accepted  a woman. Then she decided to train as a dentist and after several years of practice without a diploma, the university allowed her inscription.

She was born on March 14,1833 in New York. She worked as a school teacher for ten years in Michigan. In 1959, she moved to Cincinnati, intending to become a dentist.
After studying dentistry, Lucy started her own practice in 1861. In 1865, she finally gained all professional recognition When she was allowed to join the Iowa State Dental Society. 
In 1866,she won her doctorate in dentistry, becoming the first woman to do that.
Then she moved to Chicago where she met James Taylor with whom she married in April 1867, becoming Lucy Hobbs Taylor. She convinced her husband to enter to dentistry too. After her husband's death, Lucy Taylor Ceased to be an active dentist, but Became more active in politics, campaigning for Greater women's rights, until her own death in 1910. I knew her because of the "Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award" and she is recognized and admired because of the struggle for women's rights .