Rukhmabai: doctor and social reformer
Rukhmabai: doctor and social reformer
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London: Elsevier Ltd
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English
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Straddling a faultline between tradition and progressive education in 19th-century British India, Rukhmabai forced legislators to reconsider laws on the status of girls, and went on to forge her own career as a doctor—one of the first Indian women to practise in her country. All this time she had been learning English and pursuing studies in a wide...
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Rukhmabai: doctor and social reformer
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0140-6736
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1474-547X
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10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32645-5
