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  • This book tells the story of India’s first female physician Anandibai Joshee’s life – in verse

    This book tells the story of India’s first female physician Anandibai Joshee’s life – in verse

    Shikha Malaviya
    · Aug 02, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Never desist!’ How Anandibai Joshi, India’s first woman doctor, argued her way to America

    ‘Never desist!’ How Anandibai Joshi, India’s first woman doctor, argued her way to America

    Anandibai Joshi
    · Jun 03, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • These profiles of Indian women who fought to become physicians remind us how they were erased

    These profiles of Indian women who fought to become physicians remind us how they were erased

    Priya Balasubramanian
    · Aug 07, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • This book recovers the stories of India’s first women doctors, often ignored by history

    This book recovers the stories of India’s first women doctors, often ignored by history

    Kavitha Rao
    · Jul 02, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Pakistan’s ‘doctor brides’: There’s no truth to the tale of  women who shun medicine for marriage

    Pakistan’s ‘doctor brides’: There’s no truth to the tale of women who shun medicine for marriage

    Ayesha Masood
    · Dec 11, 2017 · 07:30 pm