Lucy Beaman Hobbs Taylor

 Hello Bloggers! Today I will tell you about a woman I consider very admirable in the area of dentistry, as she challenged everything of the time and became the first dontologist woman in history: Lucy Hobbs.

I really admire this woman, since she was rejected in medical school for being a woman, but did not surrender, and entered the area of dentistry striving to be recognized despite the rejection of the men of the profession, becoming the first woman to get a degree as a dentist surgeon.

I think Lucy Hobbs was and is an inspiration to many women over time to be able to accomplish what you want and fulfill their goals in life, independent of gender or age. By 1900, almost one thousand women had followed Lucy Taylor into dentistry, an increase many attribute largely to her accomplishments.The American Association of Women Dentists honored Taylor by establishing the Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award, which it now presents annually to AAWD members in recognition of professional excellence and achievements in advancing the role of women in dentistry.

Lucy Beaman Hobbs was born on March 14, 1833, in New York.

Hobbs attended school and graduated from Franklin Academy in New York and began teaching for ten years in Michigan. 

Later, she moved to Cincinnati and applied to medical school at Eclectic Medical College. Hobbs was denied entrance because of her gender and suggested she try dentistry instead.


After studying dentistry, the Ohio faculty refused to admit her in 1861 and she opened her own office and then started a practice in Iowa for three years and she earning an excellent reputation. 

In 1865, she finally was allowed to join the Iowa State Dental Society. That November, she entered the Ohio College of Dental Surgery as a senior, where she earned her doctorate in dentistry, becoming the first woman in the world to graduate from a dental college, and to receive a doctorate in dentistry.


Hobbs opened a practice in Chicago where she married Civil War veteran James M. Taylor. Hobbs taught her husband dentistry and together they established a successful practice in Lawrence, Kansas. After his death in 1886, she campaigned for women’s rights and practiced intermittently until her own death in 1910.






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  1. Francisca Arias4 de junio de 2022, 18:21

    I completely agree with you, she is an inspiration for me too because I don't think it was easy for her to become a dentist because she was a woman at that time, so the perseverance she had is admirable.

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