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Why
In 1883, eighteen-year-old Anandi Joshee sailed alone from Calcutta to New York to become a doctor — at a time when India had no medical schools for women, and the few practicing doctors, all men, could not treat female patients. She hoped her achievement would help build a culture that saw women as deserving of equality with men.
Who
Anandi faced critics in India and skeptics in America. Her husband Gopal, who tutored her, was her earliest champion; her primary American champion was Theodocia Carpenter, a New Jersey mother of two who corresponded with her for three years, offering "all possible help."
What
With grace and determination, Anandi won support across India, America, and Britain. Three thousand people attended her 1886 graduation from the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia.
How
Based on original letters, university archives, and newspaper accounts, Radical Spirits draws a textured, hopeful portrait of how people in British India and post-Civil War America overcame their deep cultural, political, and class divides.
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