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This is Lucy Hobbs Taylor's diploma from Ohio College of Dentistry. In 1866 she became the first woman in the world to receive a doctorate in dentistry. She married Civil War veteran James Myrtle Taylor and began to teach him dentistry. The couple moved to Lawrence in 1867 and established a joint practice. The Taylors purchased an empty lot in Lawrence (now 809 Vermont Street) and built a combination office and residence. Here they created one of the most successful dental practices in Kansas. They built a home on Ohio Street and moved their practice to a commercial building at 8th and Massachusetts streets. A year after her husband died in 1886, Taylor retired and devoted her time to charity and social causes, namely women's rights.
Creator: Ohio College of Dentistry
Date: February 1866
Item Number: 226670
Call Number: Misc. Taylor, Lucy Hobbs
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226670
Business and Industry - Health care - Dentistry
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Dentists
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1861-1869 - 1866
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diploma
People - Notable Kansans - Taylor-Hobbs, Lucy B, 1833-1910
Places - Other States - Ohio
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Diplomas
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