The Economic Times

Married at 9, she lost her only son at 14. She braved being attacked with cow dung, stones to become Indias 1st certified female doctor in 1886

Anandibai Joshi did not live to see her 22nd birthday. However, in her short life, she achieved multiple milestones, becoming the first certified female doctor who specialised in Western medicine and the first Indian woman to travel to the USA to study medicine. Her journey to acquire her degree was not without trials and tribulations.