01846nam a22002297a 4500 20250702103403.0 250625b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789390679058 9789395073547 AL English 610.73092 RAOL Kavitha Rao 216826 Lady doctors : the untold stories of Indias frist women in medicine Chennai Westland Non-Fiction 2021 270p. PB 21.5x14cm. KSCR-000226 ₹399.00 ₹ ₹499.00 20% 20-06-2025 At a time when medicine is a highly sought-after career for Indian women, it is hard to imagine what it was like for the pioneers. The story of how firmly they were bound in fetters of family, caste and society, and how fiercely they fought to escape, needs to be told. In Lady Doctors, Kavitha Rao unearths the extraordinary stories of six women from the 1860s to the 1930s, who defied the idea that they were unfit for medicine by virtue of their gender. From Anandibai Joshi, who broke caste rules by crossing an ocean, to Rukhmabai Raut, who escaped a child marriage, divorced her husband and studied to be a doctor; from Kadambini Ganguly, who took care of eight children while she worked, to child widow Haimabati Sen, who overcame poverty and hardship—these women had a profound and lasting impact. And in their forgotten lives lie many lessons for modern women In truth, the compelling stories of these radical women have been erased from our textbooks and memories, because histories have mostly been written by men, about men. In an immensely readable narrative, and with impeccable research, Lady Doctors rectifies this omission. Women physicians 216017 Biography 216018 Women in medicine 216019 ddc BK 234529 234529 0 0 ddc 0 0 SW AL AL 2025-06-23 Navakarnataka Publications Pvt. Ltd. Mangaluru-575001 399.00 0 610.73092 RAOL 077702 2025-06-25 11:55:51 499.00 2025-06-20 BK