1881-1938
Fannie Rosencrantz was called by the Evening Star the “first female dentist” in Newark.
She was born in Russia and graduated the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. In 1905, she was the only woman of 47 candidates to pass New Jersey exams. She practiced at 205 Springfield Ave and later 490 Clinton and 2 Avon Ave. She practiced from 1906-1920 in Newark.
It appears in 1916, she was rejected for a license in New York, and then again upon appeal, which could have been why she came to practice in Newark, but after 1920, it appears she returned to New York City, where she’d previously lived. She’s still listed as a dentist in 1933 at 245 Grand in New York.
Fannie died in 1938 in New York City.
Bibliography
“Is City’s First Woman Dentist” Newark Evening Star Jul 8, 1907
“New Dentists” Woodbury Daily Times
City directories, Newark, New York
Census records
“Activities of Women” Courier News Apr 22, 1916
Death certificate: https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/6752602