[1] She was originally denied admittance to the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, owing to her gender.

[3] As part of this she was also serving as the group's delegate to the American Dental Associate Convention, only three years after moving to Iowa.

With great coincidence, that same year (1865) the Ohio College of Dentistry decided to waive the policy prohibiting women being admitted to the institution.

Hobbs subsequently attended school and eventually graduated from Franklin Academy in New York[4] and began teaching for ten years in Michigan.

[6] In her time as a dentist, Lucy Hobbs Taylor opened up brand new doors to many women in the future, especially in the medical field.

She believed that her journey was complete by "making it possible for women to be recognized in the dental profession on equal terms with men.

Lucy Hobbs Taylor is buried at historic Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas.