Category: South Asia

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Anandibai Joshee: The First Indian Woman to Earn a Medical Degree in the United States

March 30, 2020

Posted by: Taru Spiegel

Anandibai Joshee (1865-1887) was the first woman from India to earn a degree in western medicine in the United States.

Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia

Vernacular South Asian Newspapers from the Asian Division

December 30, 2019

Posted by: Taru Spiegel

This blog discusses the 250 microfilmed newspapers in South Asian languages in the Asian Division and the 2019 Junior Fellow project to inventory this collection.

Posted in: Asian Division, Junior Fellows, South Asia

Refined by: (Author) Taru Spiegel