02.04.2018 - 04:06 [ The Free Press Journal ]

Google doodle marks India’s first lady doctor’s 153rd birthday

As Google writes in its blog, “In 1886, a young doctor stepped off a ship from America, eager to take up the role of physician in charge of the female ward at Kolhapur’s Albert Edward Hospital. Not only was she India’s first female doctor, but she was only 19 years old at the time. Her name was Anandi Gopal Joshi, and her story is one of courage and perseverance.”