In past times, women have normally been forced to occupy a secondary place in reference to men. Women are relegated to the margins in spite of the very fact that they're numerically half the world's population. This has resulted in women being unable to acquire a place of human dignity as free and independent entities as men. In the ancient period, women were known to interact in many productive activities but over time reproduction and challenges of pregnancy and childbirth gradually made her smitten by men for cover and food. By the time human civilization had reached a more settled existence patriarchy was fully established. the lads were to put in writing the codes of the society and governance where women got the subordinate role. The lads projected the dominant view as u...
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What The First Indian Woman Doctor Can Tell You About Women Empowerment? Know Everything About Anandibai Joshi
There is an old saying, a man with dreams needs a woman with a vision. Similarly, a woman with dreams and vision can dare to change the system with just a little push and support from society. History has so many examples where women had dared to change society's beliefs and thoughts right from pre-independence to the post-independence era. One such woman is Anandibai Joshi, the first women doctor in south Asia in the late 1880s. She was a doctor in medicine, studied from America. Her thesis holds value in both allopathy medicine and Ayurveda medicine. She was even congratulated by Queen Victoria on her convocation. The path from a wife to a doctor was not easy for Anandibai. Married at the age of 9 to a 20-year elder widower Gopal Rao. However, her husband, who was a strong bel...
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