Kadambini Ganguly (1861-1923)

One of the first Indian female doctors who practiced modern medicine in India. She was the first woman who obtained admission in Calcutta Medical College in 1884, she further was trained in Scotland and finally founded medical practice in India.

She came from Bhagalpur, Bihar (then British India). She was disparaged by the conservative society for taking higher education. On her return to India form Edinburgh, she was portrayed as a bad influencer in the society for her achievements. The community feared that women will be affected and would step in to follow her footsteps. For years she campaigned for women’s rights and finally succeeded with the support of her husband throughout her journey.

Google celebrated Ganguly’s 160^th birth anniversary on its Indian homepage.

Anandibai Gopalrao (1865-1887)

At the age of 9 she was married to a man who was 20 years older to her, she gave birth and lost the new-born at the age of 14 due to inaccessibility of a proper medical facilities. This incident inspired her journey to become the first Indian woman Physician with two Master’s degree in Western Medicine in the States.

Her husband had a great role to encourage her for studying medicine. The Indian Orthodox greatly condemned her on learning her plan to study abroad. However, with poor health she managed to travel and obtained her admission at Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Which was the 2^nd  women’s medical program in the world. She started her training at 19 years of age, and later graduated with an MD in 1886 with her thesis title “ “Obstetrics among the Aryan Hindoos”. She received a congratulatory message from Queen Victoria.

Her return was welcomed with a grand ceremony, and she was appointed as a Physician-in -charge of Kolhapur at Albert Edward Hospital.

A crater on Venus has been named in her honor as ‘Joshee’.

On her 153Th birth anniversary, Google marked a doodle on 31^st March 2018. Several series and biography have been telecasted in India on her life to encourage women.

She became a sensational inspiration to all those women aspiring to study higher in life.