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Pandita Ramabai, The High-Caste Hindu Woman (1888)
Originally published in Marathi, The High-Caste Hindu Woman by Pandita Ramabai (alternatively spelled Pundita Ramabai) was translated into English for this 1888 edition. Ramabai was born in 1859 in Maharashtra to a Chitpavan Brahmin family.
Dr. Anandibai Joshee, M.D., Class 1886
A portrait photo of Dr. Anandibai Joshee, M.D., Class of 1886 at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
A memento of the Dean's reception, held October 10, 1885
Photograph of Anandabai Joshee, Kei Okami, and Tabat M. Islambooly, students from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania taken in 1885.
Letter from Marybai T. Kukde to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated October 18, 1921 addressed to Annie Bosworth, a friend of Dr. Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States. Stationed at a remote hospital in Pudukkottai, Dr. Kukde writes, “There is more need here in this native state than many other places. There is no woman doctor here but one old apothecary.”
Letter from Marybai T. Kukde to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated November 14, 1922 by Dr. Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States. Dr. Kukde, stationed at Ranee Hospital in Trichy (Tiruchirappalli), writes about her work, monsoon season, and life in an Indian state not under British rule.
Brief Biography fo 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.
"First Hindu Woman Here Studying Medicine Is a Brilliant Student"
Photograph in a newspaper of Premala Shahane of Maharashtra, student at the Women’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.
Anandibai Joshee to Alfred Jones
A letter from Anandibai Joshee to Alfred Jones dated June 18, 1883 requesting admission in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
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).
Miss Sarmi
Harold Swenson registering Miss Sarmi, Hindu student, 15-year old freshman.