Three Doctors

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Three international students at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1885: Dr. Anandibai Joshee, class of 1886, who was the first Indian woman to earn an MD; Japan’s Dr. Kei Okami, class of 1889, and Dr. Sabat Islambooly, class of 1890, from Syria. Photo courtesy of the Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine

From https://newsblog.drexel.edu/2013/07/24/from-india-japan-and-syria-19th-century-women-who-trekked-to-philadelphia-for-medical-school/

By RACHEL A. EWING
JULY 24, 2013 10:56 AM

FROM INDIA, JAPAN AND SYRIA, 19TH CENTURY WOMEN WHO TREKKED TO PHILADELPHIA FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL

You might not expect radio to be the medium popularizing an old photo, but so it is this month, with a photo of some extraordinary medical students in Pennsylvania in 1885, who were featured on Public Radio International’s “The World.” A version of the story is continuing to air on the BBC World Service in the U.K.

The photo depicts three students from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), each dressed in the traditional garb of her home country (India, Japan and Syria), at a time when it was unusual for anyone to study internationally at all – let alone women in medicine.

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From https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-07-12/historical-photos-depict-women-medical-pioneers

Historical Photos Depict Women Medical Pioneers

July 12, 2013 · 12:30 PM CDT
Host Marco Werman
Reporter Christopher Woolf

There’s a remarkable picture that’s been making the rounds on the web recently, and it caught our eye. You may have seen the shot: it’s of a group of medical students and they’re all women.

This story is based on a radio interview. Listen to the full interview. (LINK)

One’s from Japan, one’s from India, and the third from Syria. They’re all wearing traditional clothes from their home countries.

Nothing too remarkable in that, you might say. Until you see the date.

1885.

These women were students at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP).

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More at links.

[yuiyoshida]

1. I saw this post, and suddenly wondered, "okay what are they up to now?"

I realize now its different...
Different doctors...

[Codeine]

5. Same here.

Fuckin’ geeks

[Byronic]

6. Me too...

Although the three doctors I was picturing were William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee. That's reaching back into the annals of geekdom...

[dhol82]

2. Wonderful article!

So sad that Joshi died so young. She could have been a dynamic force for women in her time.

[Angry Dragon]

3. KICK

[IronLionZion]

4. That's quite a story, thanks for sharing

1885 was quite a time. Good for these women to do what they had to do to pioneer their field. It's very important to have women doctors in many cultures where women patients would be uncomfortable going to a male doctor. My grandmother became a doctor sometime in the early 1950s.

I'm a man and my doctor and dentist are women.