Premala Shahane playing sitar
Three-quarter length portrait of Premala Shahane playing a sitar and looking down, sitting in front of a building on the University of Chicago campus, located in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Premala Shahane playing sitar
Portrait of Premla Shahane playing a sitar and looking down and to her left, sitting in front of a building on the University of Chicago campus, located in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Medical Co-eds From Far-away Lands
Newspaper clipping featuring portraits of Premala Shahane Poona, Saniyeh Habboob, and Mary Markuze, three students at the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia.
Three Little Maids at Medical School
Newspaper clipping featuring a photograph of Premala (spelled "Premola" in the clipping) Shahane Poona, Saniyeh Habboob, and Mary Markuze, three students at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania taken between 1928 and 1929.
"First Hindu Woman Here Studying Medicine Is a Brilliant Student"
Photograph in a newspaper of Premala Shahane of Maharashtra, student at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, circa 1928-29. The caption indicates that Shahane's first name is 'Pamela', though elsewhere she is identified as 'Premala'. The caption also incorrectly states that Shahane was the first "Hindu Woman" at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
