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Photograph of Dora Chatterjee
Dora Chatterjee from her class photograph as a student at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She graduated with her M.D. in 1901.
Headstone of Anandabai Joshee
A photograph of the headstone of Anandabai Joshee.
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.
"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.
Autograph Card for Anandibai Joshee
Autograph card signed in English and Marathi by Anandibai Joshee for Cornelia Kahn, a classmate at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Anandibai Joshee was the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States.
"Brief Biographical Sketches of Three Foreign Students"
Document from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania Library titled “Brief Biographical Sketches of Three Foreign Students”. The document includes a biographical sketch of Dr. Anandibai Joshee, the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States.
Information Card on Dr. Anandibai Joshee
Special congratulatory letter from Queen Victoria reads, “Queen Victoria expressed her interest and appreciation when the first Hindu woman to receive a medical degree in any country -- Dr. Anandibai Joshee -- graduated from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1886.”