Interesting read... (if you haven't read before) bout Anandhibai, one of the first two women doctors of India. Especially the letter (Click here to read the scanned letter), dated June 28th 1883 is more interesting ...
Excerpts from Wikipedia:
Born in 1865.
Married at 9 yrs.
Had a child at 14 yrs - who died after 10 days.
Enrolled in Women College of Medicine, Philadelphia in 1883.
Graduated in 1886.
Unfortunately, died in 1887.
Other Inidian women graduated from Drexel - med school in 19th century: visit Scroll.in
http://scroll.in/article/remarkable-photos-of-19th-century-indian-women-in-us-medical-school?id=659624
Other Inidian women graduated from Drexel - med school in 19th century: visit Scroll.in
http://scroll.in/article/remarkable-photos-of-19th-century-indian-women-in-us-medical-school?id=659624
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