"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.

Letter to Dr. Marybai Kukde
Letter dated December 9, 1920 addressed to Dr. Marybai Kukde from a classmate at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kukde, a native of Bangalore, 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.

Brief Biography of Tugabai Kukde
A brief biography of Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States, dated April 6, 1911. The biography, written by Edith Brown, M.D., Principal of the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, states that Dr. Kukde attended the College from January 1903-March 1906 and lists the classes she took.

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 Marybai T. Kukde to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated November 14, 1922 by Dr. Mary Kukde, one of the first women from India to receive her degree in medicine in the United States. Dr. Kukde, stationed at Ranee Hospital in Trichy (Tiruchirappalli), writes about her work, monsoon season, and life in an Indian state not under British rule.

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 Dean to Alfred Jones
Letter dated December 7, 1910 addressed to Mr. Alfred Jones, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board of Corporators of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, regarding the bestowal of a diploma to Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States.

Letter from Clara B. Spence to Dr. Marshall
Letter dated November 16, 1905 by Clara B. Spence, addressed to Dr. Marshall at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, requesting Dr. Marshall to accept an enclosed check to pay an outstanding debt and add credit to the account of Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States.

Letter from C. Sunthanker to Miss Bosworth
Letter dated February 19, 1911 addressed to Annie Bosworth from Dr. Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States. Dr. Sunthanker writes of her work with Dalit leprosy patients in Sholapur, Bombay Presidency.