Expert on dentistry: Lucy Hobbs Taylor.

In this blog I decided to talk about a very important woman for the history of dentistry.

Lucy Hobbs Taylor, was the first woman to graduate from a dental school in the world. Before being a dentist, she was a teacher, since at the beginning she could not immediately enter dentistry because she was denied and had to choose another profession, but after trying again the Ohio College of Dental Surgery accepted her as a student. She graduated in 1866, becoming the first woman in the world to receive a doctorate in dentistry.

Lucy Hobbs was born on March 14, 1833 in Constable, New York. She was seventh out of 10 children total. Both her parents passed away when she was 12, forcing her to grow up very quickly by obtaining a job as a seamstress and support her siblings

 He was always a good student at school and being in this, he aroused his interest in health and dentistry.

Aside from being a recognized dentist, she wrote the book "People were amazed when they learned that a young girl had so much forgotten her womanhood as to want to study dentistry." And after retiring, she dedicated herself to fighting for equal rights for women.

I chose Lucy because thanks to her today hundreds of women, including me, can study dentistry, and  she is an example of improvement and role model.