title: Female dentists in the U.S. Army: the origins.
abstract: Female dentists were not accepted into the U.S. Army Dental Corps until the exigencies of the Korean War in 1951 called for the "maximum utilization" of the country's professional resources. As early as 1898, during the Spanish-American War, and in 1917, during World War I, women dentists had volunteered their services to Uncle Sam. It is appropriate that the story of these early pioneers be told.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hyson
mesh_terms: D003816:Dentists, Women / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008885:Military Dentistry / Q000266:history*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history; D014481:United States