Letter from Edith M. Brown to Annie Bosworth
Letter dated August 24, 1911 from Edith M. Brown at the North India School of Medicine for Christian Women in Ludhiana, Punjab to Annie Bosworth at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. The letter informs Ms. Bosworth of student Marybai Kukde’s academic progress. Mary Kukde was one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States.
Letter from Mary S. Kukde
Letter dated November 30, 1920 addressed to a friend at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania from Dr. Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States.
Letter to Dr. Marybai Kukde
Letter dated December 9, 1920 addressed to Dr. Marybai Kukde from a classmate at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kukde, a native of Bangalore, was one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States.
Brief Biography of Tugabai Kukde
A brief biography of Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States, dated April 6, 1911. The biography, written by Edith Brown, M.D., Principal of the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, states that Dr. Kukde attended the College from January 1903-March 1906 and lists the classes she took.
Old world girls to be M.D.'s
A newspaper article describing the upcoming graduation of Miss Dora Chatterjee as only the third "Native Hindu" woman to graduate from the college.
Letter from Shevantibai M. NiRambe to Dr. R. Bodley
Letter from Shevantibai M. NiRambe to Dean of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Dr. Rachel Bodley. Writing from India, NiRambe expresses her desire to study medicine in England or the U.S., and mentions that she had read Bodley's introduction for Pandita Ramabai's book The High Caste Hindu Woman (1888).