social reformer
Anandibai Joshee
1865–1887
How Anandibai Joshee is discussed in this archive
Subject of 1 profile piece — including Anandibai Joshee: First Indian Woman Doctor .
Referenced in 1 other work — including Pandita Ramabai: A Trailblazing Feminist .
In Pandita Ramabai: A Trailblazing Feminist : Anandibai Joshee is invoked as the first Indian woman to become a medical doctor, whose 1886 graduation Ramabai attended in Philadelphia — a pivotal moment in the profile situating Ramabai within the first generation of Indian women pioneers.
About Anandibai Joshee (1)
Profile pieces (1)
- Anandibai Joshee: First Indian Woman Doctor
- "Anandibai went from being married at the age of nine by her orthodox family to becoming India's first female doctor of Western medicine" — encapsulates her defining arc from constrained origins to historic achievement
- "She was determined to go to America for a medical degree as she believed in the urgent need for an Indian female doctor" — establishes her autonomous motivation distinct from her husband's ambitions
Mentioned in (2)
Excerpts (2)
- Pandita Ramabai: A Trailblazing Feminist
- "Anandibai Joshee, the first Indian woman to become a medical doctor, who was also her cousin" — Joshee's graduation is the event that brings Ramabai to America and connects the two pioneering women
- Two Strands of Liberal Expression : Dr. Anandibai Joshi and Lakshmibai Tilak