Education and empowerment: women in South Asia
Bethune School (Calcutta, India)
MEDICAL WOMEN AND FEMALE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN 19TH CENTURY INDIA Jharna Gourlay The aim of this paper is to trace some of the early developments in the medical education of Indian women in 19th century India and the role played by British and American women in it. By medical education I will mean not only the professional training of Indian women as doctors, nurses, midwives and other hospital auxiliaries, but also the spread of knowledge about sanitation, ...