mary phylinda dole was the first african american woman to receive a dental degree in the united states.
name the first african american woman to receive a dental degree in the united states?
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bullet::::- 1890: ida gray nelson rollins became the first african-american woman to earn a dental degree in the united states, which she earned from the university of michigan.





















































bullet::::- 1892: the women's dental association of the u.s. was founded in 1892 by mary stillwell-kuesel with 12 charter members.





















































bullet::::- 1916: gillette hayden became the first female president of the american academy of periodontology.





















































bullet::::- 1920: maude tanner became the first recorded female delegate to the american dental association.
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1866: lucy hobbs taylor became the first american woman to earn a dental degree, which she earned from the ohio college of dental surgery.





















































1866: sarah jane woodson early became the first african-american woman to serve as a professor. xenia, ohio’s wilberforce university hired her to teach latin and english in 1866.





















































1869: fanny jackson coppin was named principal of the institute for colored youth in philadelphia, becoming the first african-american woman to head an institution for higher learning in the united states.
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