Posted on: 8 February 2010

Fascinating stories of some extraordinary Indian women of 1800s.....
SKETCHES OF SOME DISTINGUISHED INDIAN WOMEN.
By Mrs.E. F. Chapman.
With a Preface by The Marchioness Of Dufferin and Ava.
LONDON : W. H. ALLEN & CO. - 1891.
"Anandibai Joshi (1865-1887) Medicine (1885, Philadelphia).
Anandibai Joshi, the first Hindu woman to obtain a medical degree in the Western hemisphere, was born Yamuna Joshi on March 31, 1865 in Poona, India. She was the first lady to complete medical eduacation in the USA. She died in Poona at an early age of 22."


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Thanks to Arun Simha for bring this to our notice. Read this book online : http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesofsomedi00chaprich#page/n5/mode/2up

Download book : http://ia331407.us.archive.org/0/items/sketchesofsomedi00chaprich/sketchesofsomedi00chaprich.pdf

Fascinating biography of Dr.Anandi Gopal : http://www.ias.ac.in/womeninscience/LD_essays/13-16.pdf

Amazing Stories of Indian Women. Thanks for putting up on FB .

beautiful foto. Thanx !

Awesome story. Great courage for an Indian woman in 1885!!!!

Used to love the show "Anandi Gopal" based on Dr. Anandibai's life. Inspirational !