The High-Caste Hindu Woman.
By Pundita Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922.
ANANDIBAI JOSHEE, M. D.
DAUGHTER OF GANPATRAO AMRITASWAR
AND
GUNGABAI JOSHEE.Born in Poona, Bombay Presidency, India, March 31st, 1865. (Child-name, Yamuna Joshee.)
Married Gopalrao Vinayak Joshee, March 31st, 1874. (Wife-name, Anandibai Joshee.)
Sailed from Calcutta, India, for America, April 7th, 1883, being the first high-caste Brahman woman to come to the United States. Landed in New York, June 4th, 1883.
Graduated in medicine, from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, March 11th, 1886, being the first Hindu woman to receive the Degree of Doctor of Medicine in any country.
Appointed, June 1st, 1886, to the position of Physician-in-Charge of the Female Ward of the Albert Edward Hospital, in the City of Kolhapur, India.
Sailed from New York, to assume her duties in Kolhapur, October 9th, 1886.
Died in Poona, India, February 26th, 1887.