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Dr. Ollie Louise Bryan, Dentist

Dr. Ollie Louise Bryan, Black Dentist
Dr. Ollie Louise Bryan, Black Dentist

Dr Ollie Louise Bryan (Dec 28, 1871 - Nov 23, 1932). 1st Black woman to become a practicing dentist in the South, 1st woman to graduate from Meharry Medical College (1902). In 1906 she married Dr Felix A. Bryan. The couple moved to Dallas, TX, where she began practicing as a dentist in 1909.

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