biography of Dr anandibai Joshi
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Dr Anandibai Joshi is the first Indian female physician. The Venus crater named as Joshee is a tribute to Anandi Gopal Joshi. Born on 31 March 1865 in Kalyan, Maharashtra, Anandibai was married at the age of nine to Gopalrao Joshi who was twenty years senior to her. He also helped her receive education in medicine.
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Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi
आनंदीबाई गोपाळराव जोशी
Anandibai joshi.jpg
A portrait photo of Dr. Anandibai Joshi
Born Yamuna
31 March 1865
Kalyan, India
Died 26 February 1887 (aged 21)
Kalyan, Bombay, India
Resting place Poughkeepsie, New York, United States (ashes)
Other names Anandibai Joshi
Anandi Gopal Joshi
Alma mater Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Spouse(s) Gopalrao Joshi
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi (Marathi: आनंदीबाई गोपाळराव जोशी)(31 March 1865 – 26 February 1887) was the first Indian female physician.[1][2][3][4] She was the first woman from the erstwhile Bombay presidency of India to study and graduate with a two-year degree in western medicine in the United States.[5] She was also referred to as Anandibai Joshi and Anandi Gopal Joshi (where Gopal came from Gopalrao, which is her husband's first name).
Contents
1 Early life
2 Academic life
3 Married life
4 In the United States
5 Return to India
6 Death
7 Legacy
8 References
9 Bibliography
10 External links
Early life
Originally named Yamuna, Joshi was born, raised and married in Kalyan where her family had previously been landlords before experiencing financial losses. As was the practice at that time and due to pressure from her mother, she was married at the age of nine to Gopalrao Joshi, a widower almost twenty years her senior.[6] After marriage, Yamuna's husband renamed her 'Anandi'.[7] Gopalrao Joshi worked as a postal clerk in Kalyan. Later, he was transferred to Alibag, and then, finally, to Kolkata (Calcutta). He was a progressive thinker, and, unusually for that time, supported education for women.[8]
At the age of fourteen, Anandibai gave birth to a boy, but the child lived only for ten days for lack of medical care. This proved to be a turning point in Anandi's life and inspired her to become a physician.[9] After Gopalrao tried to enroll her in missionary schools and not working out, they moved to Calcutta. There she learned to read and speak Sanskrit and English.
Academic life
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Her husband encouraged her to study medicine. In 1880 he sent a letter to Royal Wilder, a well-known American missionary, stating his wife's interest in studying medicine in the United States and inquiring about a suitable post in the US for himself.[10] Wilder published the correspondence in his Princeton's Missionary Review. Theodicia Carpenter, a resident of Roselle, New Jersey, happened to read it while waiting to see her dentist. Impressed by both Anandibai's desire to study medicine, and Gopalrao's support for his wife, she wrote to Anandibai. Carpenter and Anandibai developed a close friendship and came to refer to each other as "aunt" and "niece." Later, Carpenter would host Anandibai in Rochelle during Joshi's stay in the U.S.[11][6]
A photo of Anandi Gopal Joshi with her signature on it.
While the Joshi couple was in Calcutta, Anandibai's health was declining. She suffered from weakness, constant headaches, occasional fever, and sometimes breathlessness. Theodicia sent her medicines from America, without results. In 1883, Gopalrao was transferred to Serampore, and he decided to send Anandibai by herself to America for her medical studies despite her poor health. Though apprehensive, Gopalrao convinced her to set an example for other women by pursuing higher education.
A physician couple named Thorborn suggested that Anandibai apply to the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. On learning of Anandibai's
On 31 March 20
A film on her life in Marathi has been made in 2019 as Anandi Gopa
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