U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for February 10: First Woman D.D.S.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

FIRST WOMAN D.D.S.

Profile America — Wednesday, February 10th. This month 150 years ago, Lucy Hobbs Taylor received a doctorate in dentistry from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. She was the first American woman so credentialed, and it's believed she was also the first in the world. Born in 1833, Lucy Hobbs at first tried to attend medical school, but finding that avenue closed to her, studied dentistry. Beginning in 1861, she practiced without a certificate as was common at the time. Following her graduation, she married James Myrtle Taylor in 1867. The couple practiced dentistry in Lawrence, Kansas for the rest of their lives. There are some 100,000 dentists in the U.S. today. Of that total, just over 22,000 are women. You can find more facts about America's people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at www.census.gov.

Sources: Kane's Famous First Facts, 4862 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11813374 Biography: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/lucy-hobbs-taylor/15500 Dentists: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_14_5YR_B24124&prodType=table Women dentists: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_14_5YR_B24126&prodType=table

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button). 

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