social reformer
Anandibai Joshee
1865–1887
How Anandibai Joshee is discussed in this archive
Subject of 2 profile pieces , including Anandibai Joshee: First Indian Woman Doctor , and Two Strands of Liberal Expression : Dr. Anandibai Joshi and Lakshmibai Tilak .
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 (2)
Profile pieces (2)
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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
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Two Strands of Liberal Expression : Dr. Anandibai Joshi and Lakshmibai Tilak - "At the mere age of 17, Anandibai Joshi sailed alone to America with the dream of becoming a doctor" · establishes the audacity of her individual agency against the social constraints of the time
- "Anandibai was a staunch Hindu and refused an education that would strip her of her faith" · captures her insistence on pursuing modernity without abandoning her cultural identity
Mentioned in (2)
Primary works (1)
Excerpts (1)
- 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
