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Drs. Daisy Zachary McGuire and Wayne Patrick McGuire

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  • This 1924 photograph shows Dr. Daisy Zachary McGuire (1880-1990) and husband Dr. Wayne Patrick McGuire (1883-1978). Daisy became the first licensed female dentist in North Carolina when she graduated in 1908 from Southern Dental College in Atlanta. She was the oldest practicing dentist in the nation when she retired in 1977 at the age of 97. Wayne graduated from Southern Dental in 1912. Married in 1902, they practiced together their entire professional lives.