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Lucy Hobbs Taylor was born on March 14, 1833, or 193 years ago today.

On the day we are publishing this classic,

she was the first woman in the U.S. to receive a degree in dentistry.

This originally came out June 29, 2022. Enjoy. Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class,

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Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Holly Fry.

And I'm Tracy V. Wilson.

So in reading an old-ish mid-20th century biographical article for today's subject,

it opened with the line, quote,

the history of most of the major professions reveals that they have been dominated by man,

and when women sought to invade those sacred precincts of masculine activity,

great consternation arose, which is a funny line.

Funny and aggravating.

Right.

That was definitely, at least to some degree, true for Lucy Hobbs, later Lucy Hobbs-Taylor, and her desire to have a career in dentistry before that was recognized as an acceptable vocation for a woman.

She's interesting in that she was really just tenacious as hell.

She got told no a lot, and that did not deter her from her plan, and she just kind of found

her way around any obstacles to make her own way to get to where she wanted in life.

But to be clear, up front, I want to...

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