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Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India's First Women in Medicine is a book about six of India's first Indian female physicians in Western medicine.It was written by journalist, author and lawyer Kavitha Rao, and first published in 2021 by Westland Books in India, and in the UK by Jacaranda Books in 2023.
This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
Lovisa Årberg (1801–1881) was the first female doctor and surgeon in Sweden; whereas, Amalia Assur (1803–1889) was the first female dentist in Sweden and possibly Europe. Marie Durocher (1809–1893) was a Brazilian obstetrician, midwife and physician. She is considered the first female doctor in Brazil and the Americas.
This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.. Shakespeare created a doctor in his play Macbeth (c 1603) [1] with a "great many good doctors" having appeared in literature by the 1890s [2] and, in the early 1900s, the "rage for novel characters" included a number of "lady doctors". [3]
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi (31 March 1865 – 26 February 1887) was the first Indian female doctor of western medicine. 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. [1]
Dr. Kadambini Bose Ganguly (18 July 1861 – 3 October 1923 [1]) was the first female medical doctor from British India. She and Anandibai Joshi both got their degree in Western medicine in 1886. However, She was India's first practicing lady doctor as Anandibai died soon after.
Pages in category "Fictional female doctors" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Velma Scantleburry-White is the first African-American female transplant surgeon in the United States [143] Rosalyn P. Scott in 1977 became the first African American woman trained in the practice of thoracic surgery. [144] Doris Shockley in 1955 became the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in pharmacology. [145]