My university's VC wrote in his blog about one of the first woman physician of India. I thank him for it, for this is a story that was unknown to me.
Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi's(Anandibai) story is a source of inspiration. My hair stands on end reading this piece. The determination of this lady to stand by her ideas and principles at a time when a woman's place in Indian society was only at home is commendable. Commendable is also the fact that her husband encouraged and stood by her. 'Behind every man there is a woman' is a common adage. It should be changed because it is biased many a times, as this story shows. I would say 'Behind every half, there is another half'.
Wikipedia's write up link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandi_Gopal_Joshi
To read her letter from the archives click http://xdl.drexelmed.edu/viewer.php?object_id=001340&t=womanmd
Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi's(Anandibai) story is a source of inspiration. My hair stands on end reading this piece. The determination of this lady to stand by her ideas and principles at a time when a woman's place in Indian society was only at home is commendable. Commendable is also the fact that her husband encouraged and stood by her. 'Behind every man there is a woman' is a common adage. It should be changed because it is biased many a times, as this story shows. I would say 'Behind every half, there is another half'.
Wikipedia's write up link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandi_Gopal_Joshi
To read her letter from the archives click http://xdl.drexelmed.edu/viewer.php?object_id=001340&t=womanmd
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