Dr. Anandibai Joshi

First Woman Doctor of India

1. School of Civil Engineering Subject – WPC-06 Biography Activity DR. ANANDI BAI GOPAL RAO JOSHI First Female Doctor of India Submission By – Shubham D Kulkarni T.Y. B-Tech, School of Civil Engineering Div. – B Roll No PB-55

2. Dr. Anandi bai Gopal rao Joshi nee Yamuna Joshi (31 st March 1865 – 26 th February 1887) Ashes at Poughkeepsie, New York, United States Married to – Shri. Gopal rao Joshi Alma Mater - Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania

3. LIFE AT GLANCE… TIMELINE

4. Early Life and Married Life Originally named Yamuna , Joshi was born, raised and married in Kalyan She was married at the age of nine to Gopalrao Joshi, a widower almost twenty years her senior. At the age of 14, Anandibai gave birth to a boy, but the child lived for ten days for lack of medical care. This turned as turning point in her life Her husband encouraged her to study medicine . In 1880 he sent a letter to Royal Wilder, stating his wife's interest in studying medicine in the US

5. Academic Life in US Theodicia Carpenter , a resident of New Jersey, helped Anandibai while her stay in US. Thorburn suggested that Anandibai apply to the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. On learning of Anandibai’s plans to pursue higher education in the West, orthodox Indian society censured her very strongly. Anandibai began her medical training at age 19 . In US, her health worsened because of the cold weather and unfamiliar diet. She contracted tuberculosis. She graduated with an MD in March 1886 ; having thesis on "Obstetrics among the Aryan Hindus." On her graduation, Queen Victoria sent her a congratulatory message Anandibai Joshi graduated from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMC) in 1886. Seen here with Kei Okami (center) and Sabat Islambooly (right). All three completed their medical studies and each of them was the first woman from their respective countries to obtain a degree in Western medicine.

6. Return to India and Death In late 1886, Anandibai returned to India, receiving a grand welcome. The princely state of Kolhapur appointed her as the physician-in-charge of the female ward of the local Albert Edward Hospital. Anandibai died of tuberculosis early the next year on 26 February 1887. Years preceding her death, she was fatigued and felt constant weakness. Medicine was sent to her from America Her death was mourned throughout India. Her ashes were sent to Theodicia Carpenter, who placed them in her family cemetery at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery in Poughkeepsie, New York. The inscription states that Anandi Joshi was a Hindu Brahmin girl, the first Indian woman to receive education abroad and to obtain a medical degree

7. Be grateful for challenges because... Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then [each woman and] man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and mental culture. Dr. Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi

8. The inscription states that Anandi Joshi was a Hindu Brahmin girl, the first Indian woman to receive education abroad and to obtain a medical degree Legacy In 1888, American feminist writer Caroline Wells Healey Dall wrote Joshi's biography. Dall was acquainted with Joshi and admired her greatly Doordarshan, aired a Hindi series based on her life, called "Anandi Gopal" and directed by Kamlakar Sarang. Shrikrishna Janardan Joshi wrote a fictionalised account of her life in his Marathi novel Anandi Gopal, which was adapted into a play of the same name by Ram G. Joglekar. Dr. Anjali Kirtane has extensively researched the life of Dr. Anandibai Joshi and has written a Marathi book entitled “Dr. Anandibai Joshi, Kaal ani Kartutva” which contains rare photographs of Dr. Anandibai Joshi.

9. The inscription states that Anandi Joshi was a Hindu Brahmin girl, the first Indian woman to receive education abroad and to obtain a medical degree Legacy The Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS),has been awarding the Anandibai Joshi Award for Medicine in honor of her early contributions to the cause of advancing medical science in India. In addition, the Government of Maharashtra has established a fellowship in her name for young women working on women's health. A crater on Venus has been named in her honor. The 34.3 km-diameter crater on Venus named ' Joshee ' lies at latitude 5.5° N and longitude 288.8° E. On 31 March 2018, Google honored her with a Google Doodle to mark her 153rd birth anniversary. A film on her life in Marathi has been made in 2019 as Anandi Gopal.

10. ... no man or woman should depend upon another for maintenance and necessaries. Family discord and social degradation will never end till each depends upon herself. Dr. Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi

11. References [1] Kosambi , Meera (December 7, 1996), ‘Anandibai Joshee – Retrieving a Fragmented Feminist Image’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 31, No. 49. [2] Kosambi , Meera (2001) ‘A Prismatic Presence: the Multiple Iconisation of Dr Anandibai Joshee and the Politics of Life-Writing’, Australian Feminist Studies, 16: 35, 157–173 [3] Joshi, S J (1968) (1970), ‘Anandi Gopal’ [4] blog at http://rsparlourtricks.blogspot.com/2006/03/anandibaijoshi.html [5] Book review of Anandi-Gopal by Pratibha Ghogale-Kelapure , a San Francisco Bay Area based writer on the SAWNET (South Asian Women’s NETwork ) site http://www.sawnet.org/books/ reviews.php?Anandi+Gopal [6]www.Wikipedia.com

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