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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.

Gurubai Karmarkar
Photograph of Gurubai Karmarkar, an 1892 graduate from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Students, including Gurubai Karmarkar, posing for a photo
Photograph of Hu King Eng, Gurabai Karmarkar, and Mary H. Platt, members of the Class of 1892 at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Thirty-Fourth Annual Commencement of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1886
Commencement invitation and placard belonging to Dr. Anandibai Joshee, the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States.

"An Event for Hindostan and for Philadelphia, also." / "Distinguished Brahmin Lady in Philadelphia."
Newspaper clippings from April 1886 highlighting the arrival of Dr. Anandibai Joshee’s family in Philadelphia for her commencement ceremony. Dr. Joshee was the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States.

Autograph Card for Gopal Vinayak Joshee
Autograph card signed in English and Marathi by Gopal Vinayak Joshee for Cornelia Kahn, a classmate of Anandibai Joshee at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Joshee was the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States.

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