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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 ...
Jessie K. Garnett. Alma mater. Tufts University. Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Spouse. Robert Charles Garnett. Children. 2. Jessie G. Garnett (1897-1976) was Boston's first black woman dentist, and the first black woman to graduate from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.
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 ...
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]
actress. Military career. Allegiance. United States. Service/ branch. United States Army. Unit. Women's Army Corps. Mary Jane Watkins (September 27, 1902 – January 11, 1977) was an American actress and dentist, and one of the first Black women to serve in the Women's Army Corps .
Crawford joins a minority of dentists in a primarily white or non-person of color field, as according to the American Dental Association, only 3.8% of the U.S. dental workforce is Black.
Her father was a barber. She graduated from the New York College of Dental and Oral Surgery in 1909, becoming the first black woman to gain a dentistry license in New York State. Career. Soon after completing her dental education, Curtis ran a weekly dental clinic at Bellevue Hospital. She had a dental practice in Harlem for many years.