A Fragmented Feminism: The Life and Letters of Anandibai Joshee

ISBN-13: 9781138384866 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 250 str.

Meera Kosambi; Ram Ramaswamy; Madhavi Kolhatkar

Opis

In her short and eventful life, Anandibai Joshee, the first Indian woman to earn a medical degree, broke many stereotypes. Fueled by a desire to improve the healthcare that was available to Indian women at that time, she travelled across the seas to the United States to study medicine.

Spis treści

Foreword. Introduction by Aban Mukherji. Introduction. Part I: New Horizons  1. Early Life  2. An American Connection   3. An Indo-American Dialogue  4. The Bengal Interlude: Calcutta  5. The Bengal Interlude: Serampore   6. ‘Why Do I Go To America?’  Part II: A Passage to America  7. Crossing the Seas  8. Cultural Encounters  9. Entry into Medical College  10. Life in Philadelphia  11. A Family Reunion  12. Completing College  13. Graduation and After Part III: The Return of the Native  14. Homeward Bound   15. The Last Flicker  16. A Death Mourned and Lives Resumed