Information Card on Dr. Anandibai Joshee

DESCRIPTION
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.”

THEMES
Early Women Students, Medicine, Trailblazers, Early Student Life

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Subject(s): Anandibai Joshee
Language: English

PROVENANCE
Holding Institution: Legacy Center Archives, Drexel University College of Medicine
Collection: Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania Collection
Digitizer: Grace Pusey
Item History: 2014-07-16 (created); 2020-04-08 (modified)

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