Dora Chatterjee

Dora Chatterjee, MD was the third Indian woman to graduate from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and among first women from India to earn a medical degree.[1][2][3]

Dora Chatterjee
Born
Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesDora Chatterjee-Rai
EducationWoman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (MD 1901)
OrganizationDenny Hospital for Women and Children, Hoshiarpur, India

Biography

Chatterjee, who has been described as a "Hindu Prince’s Daughter", was from Punjab, India.[1][2]

Chatterjee traveled to the US to study medicine at the end of the 19th century. In 1901, she graduated from Philadelphia's Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, now Drexel University College of Medicine, making her the third Indian woman to graduate from the school.[1][2] The first and second graduates were Anandibai Joshi, who was also the first Indian woman to attend an American medical school, and Gurubai Karmarkar.[1][2]

Chatterjee returned to India and established the Denny Hospital for Women and Children in Hoshiarpur.[1]

References
  1. "Missing at the Smithsonian exhibition: 3 Indian women who graduated from medical school in the US in the 19th century". The American Bazaar. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. McNeill, Leila. "This 19th Century "Lady Doctor" Helped Usher Indian Women Into Medicine". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. McCuskey, F. B. (16 July 2014). "Letter from F.B. McCuskey to Dean of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania". South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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