Pandita Ramabai, The High-Caste Hindu Woman (1888)
Originally published in Marathi, The High-Caste Hindu Woman by Pandita Ramabai (alternatively spelled Pundita Ramabai) was translated into English for this 1888 edition. Ramabai was born in 1859 in Maharashtra to a Chitpavan Brahmin family.
Letter from A.N. Mukerjee to Charles Mohr, M.D.
Letter dated May 18, 1899 from Amar Nath Mukerjee to Charles Mohr, M.D. inquiring as to whether or not Mukerjee could pay a $50 registration fee in installments, rather than at once in full. Mukerjee was one of the first students from India to attend Hahnemann Medical College. He graduated with honors in 1902.
Autograph Card for Gopal Vinayak Joshee
Autograph card signed in English and Marathi by Gopal Vinayak Joshee for Cornelia Kahn, a classmate of Anandibai Joshee at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Joshee was the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States.
Letter from Kamala Cornelius
Page one of letter from Kamala Cornelius (Pennsylvania College for Women Class of 1918) reprinted in the June 1919 issue of the Alumnae Recorder. The letter includes a discussion of Cornelius' work in Madras, India and how coursework at PCW served to prepare her. The letter offers congratulations to the class of 1919 and is continued on the second page.