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WPEC (channel 12) is a television station in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fort Pierce –licensed CW affiliate WTVX (channel 34) and two low-power , Class A stations: MyNetworkTV affiliate WTCN-CD (channel 43) and WWHB-CD (channel 48).
1890: Ida Rollins became the first African-American woman to earn a dental degree in the United States, which she earned from the University of Michigan. [15] [23] 1892: The Women's Dental Association of the U.S. was founded in 1892 by Mary Stillwell-Kuesel with 12 charter members. [24]
Emeline Roberts Jones (1836–1916) was the first woman to practice dentistry in the United States. [1] She married the dentist Daniel Jones when she was a teenager (at age 18) but she did not become his assistant until 1855. [2] Her husband believed that dentistry was not a suitable career for a woman.
Bumbling dentist who was fooled into believing that he was a deadly gunfighter. Lincoln Rice DDS – from Broad City. Jerry Robinson – orthodontist who shared the office suite on the Bob Newhart Show; Miss Root – dentist in the book Demon Dentist by David Walliams; Dr. Frank Sangster – in Novocaine.
1855: Emeline Roberts Jones became the first woman to practice dentistry in the United States. [1] She married the dentist Daniel Jones when she was a teenager, and became his assistant in 1855. [2] 1866: Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first woman to graduate from a dental college (Ohio Dental College). [2]
WPEC also established a news bureau in Stuart for the Treasure Coast later in 1989 after WTVX's news department folded. [210] [211] WPEC experienced substantial ratings increases in Broward County after the switch. In 1988, seven percent of the station's viewers in total-day ratings, and six percent in afternoon and prime time, came from Broward.
Robert Edward Lee (13 May 1920 – 5 July 2010) was a Ghanaian dentist. [1] [2] Born in South Carolina to an African-American family, he studied dentistry in Tennessee and then in 1956 emigrated to Ghana with his wife Sara, also a dentist. [3] They were classmates at Meharry Medical College. They were the first black dentists in the country. [4]
Robert J. Morgan was born on March 25, 1826, in LaGrange, Georgia. [1] His father, John E. Morgan, was a planter, banker, merchant, and Confederate official during the American Civil War. [1] His mother, Mary T. Brown, was the niece of Jarrell Beasley, who served in the Georgia Legislature. [1] Morgan was of English descent on his paternal side ...