Letter from Marybai T. Kukde to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated October 18, 1921 addressed to Annie Bosworth, a friend of Dr. Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States. Stationed at a remote hospital in Pudukkottai, Dr. Kukde writes, “There is more need here in this native state than many other places. There is no woman doctor here but one old apothecary.”

Letter from Edith M. Brown to Annie Bosworth
Letter dated August 24, 1911 from Edith M. Brown at the North India School of Medicine for Christian Women in Ludhiana, Punjab to Annie Bosworth at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. The letter informs Ms. Bosworth of student Marybai Kukde’s academic progress. Mary Kukde was one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States.

Letter from Mary S. Kukde
Letter dated November 30, 1920 addressed to a friend at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania from Dr. Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States.

"First Hindu Woman Here Studying Medicine Is a Brilliant Student"
Photograph in a newspaper of Premala Shahane of Maharashtra, student at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, circa 1928-29. The caption indicates that Shahane's first name is 'Pamela', though elsewhere she is identified as 'Premala'. The caption also incorrectly states that Shahane was the first "Hindu Woman" at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.