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Emeline Roberts Jones (1836 – 1916) was the first woman to practice dentistry in the United States (see Timeline of women in dentistry in America). She married the dentist Daniel Jones when she was a teenager (at age 18) but she did not become his assistant until 1855. Her husband believed that dentistry was not a suitable career for a woman. He thought the “frail and clumsy fingers” of women made them poor dentists.〔[Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. The Virtual Hall. Science and Health. Emeline Roberts Jones 〕 However, she studied in secret and after Emeline showed him a two-quart jar of several hundred teeth she had secretly filled and extracted he allowed her to assist him. 〔 After her husband's death in 1864 she continued to practice dentistry by herself, in eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island. 〔〔 She often traveled with a portable dentistry chair.〔[http://www.cwhf.org/inductees/science-health/emeline-roberts-jones/#.UyjoqV6jJJc], Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. 〕 From 1876 until her retirement in 1915 she had her own practice in New Haven, Connecticut. 〔 It was one of the largest and most lucrative practices in Connecticut. 〔 She had two children, a son and a daughter. 〔 Emeline served on the Woman’s Advisory Council of the World’s Columbian Dental Congress in 1893. 〔 In 1912 she was elected to an honorary membership in the Connecticut State Dental Society, and in 1914 she was elected to an honorary membership in the National Dental Association. 〔 She died in 1916 at age 80. 〔 In 1994 she was posthumously inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. 〔 == References == Category:1836 births Category:1916 deaths Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard Category:American dentists Category:Women dentists 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emeline Roberts Jones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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