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Education and empowerment: women in South Asia

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, ...
Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series

Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series

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Bodleian Library, Oxford. National Library, Calcutta. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. Dacca University Library, Dacca. Vaiigiya,Sahitya Parisad, Calcutta. Oriental Library, Madras. Sastri, Notices. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. India Office, London. Tanjore ...
Astronomy in India, 1784–1876

Astronomy in India, 1784–1876

Joydeep Sen

Bengal: Benares Sanskrit College and Hindu College, Calcutta Calcutta has been known in the historical literature as a science city, at least with respect to higher education. The first chair of engineering and the natural sciences in India was ...
Knowledge and Freedom in Indian Philosophy

Knowledge and Freedom in Indian Philosophy

Tara Chatterjea

Calcutta, India: privately published by author, 1948. Bhattacharya, Srimohan, and Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya Sastri, eds. Bharatiya Darsana Kosa. Vol. I ( Pracina-Nyaya, Navya Nyaya & Vaisesika Darsana). Calcutta, India: Sanskrit College ...
Encyclopedia of Library History

Encyclopedia of Library History

F William Summers Professor Emeritus School of Library and Information Studies Wayne A Wiegand

Contribution of Christians to the development of libraries in India began with Vasco da Gama in 1498. ... British power) to the development of libraries was the establishment of academies such as Calcutta Madrasa and Calcutta Sanskrit College, to which libraries were attached. ... By the Indian University Act of 1904 it was made compulsory for colleges to have libraries and to lend books to their students.
Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune

Margo McLoone

Mary McLeod Bethune: Champion For Education. A Rookie Biography. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1993. Jones, Amy Robin. Mary McLeod Bethune. Journey to Freedom. Chanhassen, Minn.: Child's World, 2001. McKissack, Pat, and Fredrick  ...
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and ...

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and ...

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Calcutta : Imperial Library. Calcutta : Indian Museum, Archive- logical Section. Calcutta : Presidency College. 40 Calcutta : Ripon College. Calcutta : St. Paul's College. Calcutta : Sanskrit College. Calcutta : University Library. Cambridge ...
India and British portraiture, 1770-1825

India and British portraiture, 1770-1825

Mildred Archer

... in Lisbon by Hickey on his way back from India in 1 7824 and in the same year Hickey met the Calcutta attorney and diarist, William Hickey (his namesake though no relative), who was returning to India with his mistress, Charlotte Barry.
Bengal Politics: 1936-39

Bengal Politics: 1936-39

Enayetur Rahim

Ananda Bazar Group Suresh Mazumdar (Calcutta). Congress J.C. Gupta, MLA ( Calcutta: Anushilan, Congress Chief Whip in Assembly). Hemanta Basu (Calcutta ) Purusattam Ray (Calcutta). Haren Ghosh (Howrah). Basanta Das (Midnapore).
Socio-economic Life of Northern India, C. A.D. 550 to A.D. 650

Socio-economic Life of Northern India, C. A.D. 550 to A.D. 650

Sukla Das

HIS book, initially submitted as a thesis, earned for me the Ph.D. degree of the Jadavpur University, Calcutta. ... The staff of the Jadavpur University Library, the National Library, the Asiatic Society and Sanskrit College Library, all of Calcutta,  ...
Mary McLeod Bethune: Matriarch of Black America

Mary McLeod Bethune: Matriarch of Black America

Dr. Earl Devine Martin

Mary McLeod Bethune, distinguished educator, humanitarian and churchwoman, was a living legend.
International Dictionary of Library Histories

International Dictionary of Library Histories

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It has a long and rich tradition of excellent libraries dating back to the fourth century b.c. In India three types of libraries existed during ... in Bihar between the fifth and 12th centuries a.d. Nalanda University had the largest library in Asia during the ancient period. ... of libraries was the establishment of academies, such as Calcutta Madrassa and Calcutta Sanskrit College, to which libraries were attached.
Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series

Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series

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Winternitz, Prof. M. —History of Indian Literature, Vol. I. Calcutta University, 1927. Besides these, the catalogue of Sanskrit mss. in the Asiatic Society Calcutta ( Society's own collection), Calcutta Sanskrit College mss. Cat. (formerly prepared by ...
India: The Rough Guide

India: The Rough Guide

David Abram

The second revised edition of a ROUGH GUIDE to India, first published in 1994, which recommends where to eat and sleep for a range of budgets, and provides coverage of the cities of Bombay, Delhi and Calcutta, together with details of ...
Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot

Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot

Mohan Lal

at Sanskrit Collegiate School and Sanskrit College, Calcutta, and took his M.A. degree in Sanskrit from Calcutta University. He taught Sanskrit for a year at Canning College, Lucknow, was Professor of Grammar and Rhetoric at Sanskrit ...
Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit

Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit

David Edwin Pingree

Calcutta Sanskrit College (Smrti) 176. 92ff. Bengali. Calcutta Sanskrit College ... Calcutta University 101 II. 33ff. Bengali. Calcutta University 181. Ff. 140. ... Copied by Ramasarman. Property of Raj Library, Darbhanga. Mithila I 275 A. 16ff .
Mary Mcleod Bethune: Building a Better World, Essays and ...

Mary Mcleod Bethune: Building a Better World, Essays and ...

Mary McLeod Bethune

This volume explores the multi-faceted career of this important black leader in her roles as stateswoman, politician, educational leader, and social visionary.
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences: Earth and ...

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences: Earth and ...

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Estimation of flow stresses in mylonitic quartzites of parts of Singhbhum shear zone, Bihar, eastern India DEBASIS SEN GUPTA Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700032, India Abstract Recrystallized grain ...
From Bethune's Birthplace To The PR China

From Bethune's Birthplace To The PR China

Martin Avery

From Bethune's Birthplace to the PR China is book #1 in the 100 book series called The Great Wall Of China Books.
Mary McLeod Bethune in Florida: Bringing Social Justice to ...

Mary McLeod Bethune in Florida: Bringing Social Justice to ...

Dr. Ashley N. Robertson

Mary McLeod Bethune was often called the "First Lady of Negro America," but she made significant contributions to the political climate of Florida as well.
Interreligious Hospitality: The Fulfillment of Dialogue

Interreligious Hospitality: The Fulfillment of Dialogue

Pierre-François de Béthune

The Fulfillment of Dialogue Pierre-François de Béthune. Christian monks, made much of protecting their expressed desire to remain alone, to the point of sometimes passing over a number of the Gospel's demands. A correction, or rather a ...
Mary McLeod Bethune: African-American Educator

Mary McLeod Bethune: African-American Educator

Barbara A. Somervill

Introduces the life and accomplishments of noted African-American author, Mary McLeod Bethune.
Annual Report of the National Archives of India

Annual Report of the National Archives of India

National Archives of India

Jitendra Nath Basu, Calcutta. 102. Dr. S. S. Joshi, Dewas. 103. S. Gopalakrishnan, Tirupati. 104. Dr. Donald Gear, Rangoon. Names of Governors of Pondi- cherry and Chandernagore, 1789-1816. Tirah Medal and Punjab Frontier Medals, ...
Louise Blanchard Bethune: America's First Female ...

Louise Blanchard Bethune: America's First Female ...

Johanna Hays

Austin Fox, “Louise Blanchard Bethune: Buffalo Feminist and America's First Woman Ar- chitect,” Buffalo Spree, 1986, reprinted in ... Fletcher Blanchard, George Blanchard and Descendants [son of Thomas and Elizabeth Blanchet/ Blanchard ...

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