The stories of India’s earliest female doctors hold valuable lessons for working women, even a century later.
Do you know a ’lady doctor’? Of course, you do! What a strange question! Women in medicine are so normal today that we don’t give them a second thought. However, at the turn of the 19th century, a woman pursuing a career in medicine was unthinkable and unacceptable.
In her new book, ’Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine’, Kavitha Rao tells the story of six Indian pioneers who shattered stereotypes of what women could and could not do.
The stories of their lives are reminders of challenges that women who wish to break traditional molds continue to face. Today, when women are reclaiming their places in every field, and reaching for the stars, these lessons are insightful and inspiring.