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The first-ever South Asian woman to become a doctor studied in Philadelphia

Anandibai Joshee, who graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1886, receives new recognition on what would be her 159th birthday.

A portrait of Anandibai Joshee, M.D., Class of 1886, at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
A portrait of Anandibai Joshee, M.D., Class of 1886, at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.Read moreCourtesy of the Legacy Center Archives, Drexel University College of Medicine.