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 SYNOPSIS,

ANANDABAI JOSHEE, M. D.

DaugMer of Gunputrao Amritaswar Joshee and Gungabai Joshee his wife.

Born in Poonali, India, March. 31st, 1865. Child name, Yumna, popularly Jumna, or " Daughter of the Sun."

Married Gopal Vinayak Joshee, March 31st, 1874. Wife name Anandabai, or "Joy of my heart."

Sailed from Calcutta for New York, April 7th, 1883, being the first unconverted high-caste Hindu woman to leave her country.

Landed in New York, June 4th, 1883.

Graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, March 11th, 1886, being the first Hindu woman to receive the degree of medicine in any country.

Appointed June 1st, 1886,to thepost of Physician-in-charge of the Female Wards of the Albert Edward Hospital, Kolhapur, India.

Sailed from New York, Oct. 9th, 1886.

Died in Poonah, India, Feb. 26th, 1887.