Anandibai Joshi: A Torchbearer
Anandibai Joshi: A Torchbearer
by Anjali Kirtane
AdultsIndian author
The life of Anandibai Joshi, who in 1886 became one of the first Indian women to qualify as a doctor of Western medicine.
- Author
- Anjali Kirtane
- Age
- For grown-ups
- Type
- Women Leaders, Biography
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Popular Prakashan
- In India
- Available
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