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From Dr. Alsop's Article "The Art of Healing"
Excerpt from an article title “The Art of Healing” mentioning Dr. Maya Das, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States. “Miss Maya Das was a Hindoo girl, very slim, with clear-cut, aristocratic features, who went through her medical training side by side with us, never missing an answer, never absent, never slighting a piece of work, always perfect.”

Letter from C. Sunthanker to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated December 23, 1910 addressed to Annie Bosworth from Dr. Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States. Dr. Sunthanker writes, “My greatest desire is to help my own women in their suffering, they need their own sex to help them and comfort them in their grieve [sic].

Letter from C. Sunthanker to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated February 19, 1911 addressed to Annie Bosworth from Dr. Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States. Dr. Sunthanker writes of her work with Dalit leprosy patients in Sholapur, Bombay Presidency.

Letter from Clara B. Spence to Dr. Marshall
Letter dated November 16, 1905 by Clara B. Spence, addressed to Dr. Marshall at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, requesting Dr. Marshall to accept an enclosed check to pay an outstanding debt and add credit to the account of Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States.

Letter from Dean to Alfred Jones
Letter dated December 7, 1910 addressed to Mr. Alfred Jones, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board of Corporators of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, regarding the bestowal of a diploma to Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States.

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.

"Indian-American Week"
Bicentennial issue of Indian-American Week, April 24-May 1, 1976, assembled by The Association of Indians in America, Inc. The issue highlights a special event organized by The Association of Indians in America, Inc. and the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania commemorating the life of Dr.

"Honoring the Memory of Anandibai Joshee, M.D."
Event program for a commemoration of Dr. Anandibai Joshee, the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States, hosted by The Association of Indians in America, Inc. and the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania on April 24, 1976.

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