Abstract
Helena Vongl-Świderska (1845-1919), née Wikszemska, born in Nieśwież (now Niasviż, Belarus), a Polish woman from the old Polish family settled in Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania), was the first woman admitted to the New York College of Dentistry. In March or May 1872 she graduated from the College with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (see the enclosed copy of diploma) becoming the third woman to earn dental degree in the USA. In the same year she settled in St. Petersburg, Russia, opened there a dental clinic, and also her private dental school. It was the second dental school in Russia, but the best one. In 1904 she moved to Italy. Helena Vongl-Świderska, secundo voto de Nunzio died in Rome in 1919. This paper brings new biographical information about this little-known pioneer of the European and American dentistry.
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