Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (born 1865)

Anandi Gopal Joshi

One of the first female Indian doctors, alongside Kadambini Ganguly

Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi was the first Indian female doctor of western medicine along with Kadambini Ganguly. She was the first woman from the erstwhile Bombay presidency of British India to study and graduate with a two-year degree in western medicine in the United States. She…