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September is Women in Medicine Month. #WIMMonth #WomeninMedicine #Anandi   Who better to honor today than Dr. Anandi-bai Joshee, the first Indian woman who became a doctor? Below are some

I came across this video a few days ago. It is a great summary of the story that my book tells. The visuals do a great job of recreating the

In a post titled “Fascinating Findings“, I wrote about Spiritualism — a 19th century faith tradition that recognized women’s authority in religious matters and that was at the forefront of

The below was published in the May 2017 issue of The Biographers Craft, the newsletter of Biographers International Organization (BIO). I recently completed the first draft of the biography of Dr.

Over the last few years, I read two biographies published in India: “Gandhi Before India” by Dr. Ramachandra Guha and “Sahir Ludhianvi: The People’s Poet” by Akshay Manwani. Both were compelling because,

I read “Hidden Figures”, and am looking forward to seeing the movie. I was drawn to the book because it is a biography of women who accomplish unexpected and extraordinary things despite

In my post In Uncharted Territory, I wrote about the challenges that Anandi expected to face upon her return to India. Her husband’s growing resentment was one. Another was that upon

I came across the biography of “America’s first Indian doctor” a couple of months. My blog post about Dr. Susan La Flesche is here. The managed to obtain a review copy of the

One of the poignant sections of the biography of Dr. Susan La Flesche deals with her competing roles as a doctor to her far-flung tribe and as a mother to