LADY DOCTORS: THE UNTOLD STORIES OF INDIAS FIRST WOMEN IN MEDICINE

About the Book THIS BOOK TRACES THE UNCONVENTIONAL PATHS FOLLOWED BY INDIAS FIRST WOMEN DOCTORS HOW THEY BALANCED WORK AND FAMILY LIVES AND THEIR IMPACT ON MEDICAL LEARNING FOR WOMEN. Medicine is a highly sought-after career for Indian women today but how did we get here? Early women doctors in the nineteenth century crossed oceans escaped child marriages divorced husbands and defied Hindu orthodoxy to become lady doctors. Their deeds are all the more astonishing given most women were in purdah. Their compelling stories have largely been erased from our textbooks and memories. This book unearths their stories and make them accessible to everyone so that they are not forgotten. The women included in the book are Anandibai Joshi Rukhmabai Raut Kadambini Ganguly Haimabati Sen and Chennais Muthulakshmi Reddy who would go on to found the Adyar Cancer Hospital. About the Author Kavitha Rao is a freelance journalist and writer. She lives in Bengaluru. She can be found on Twitter at @kavitharao where she has over 11000 followers. Kavitha has spoken at numerous literary fests including The Times Lit Fest in Bengaluru the Tata Lit Fest in Mumbai and the Kasauli Lit Fest. She has also taught journalism at several colleges including the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media in Bengaluru Sophia College in Mumbai and the Times College of Journalism in Mumbai.