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Headstone of Anandabai Joshee
A photograph of the headstone of Anandabai Joshee.

Women medical missionaries in India
From left: Dr. Mabell Sammons Hays, Dr. Mary Maya Das Lal, Dr. Anna Ruth Winter Korteling. Mabel and Anna graduated from the Woman's Medical College in 1923 and Mary in 1908. The photo was taken in Allahabad, India.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

"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.

Women on Ormsby Hall Back Porch
Caption: "Leftovers for Thanksgiving. Frances Hogg second from left. From page titled Scenes from Ormsby."

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.

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