Anandi Gopal Joshi
One of the first female Indian doctors
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- Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi (Marathi: आनंदीबाई गोपाळराव जोशी ; 31 March 1865 – 26 February 1887) was the first certified Indian female doctor of western medicine but Kadambini Ganguly was the first Indian female doctor who actually practiced doctory .
- The George Robinson the Viceroy of India had funded her education.
- She was also referred to as Anandibai Joshi and Anandi Gopal Joshi (where Gopal came from Gopalrao , her husband's first name).
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WikipediaAnandibai Gopalrao Joshi (Marathi: आनंदीबाई गोपाळराव जोशी; 31 March 1865 – 26 February 1887) was the first certified Indian female doctor of western medicine but Kadambini Ganguly was the first Indian female doctor who actually practiced doctory .
Anandibai travelled to New York from Kolkata (Calcutta) by ship, chaperoned by two female English missionary acquaintances of the Thorborns. The George Robinson the Viceroy of India had funded her education. 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 was also referred to as Anandibai Joshi and Anandi Gopal Joshi (where Gopal came from Gopalrao, her husband's first name).
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