. Reminiscences; the story of an emigrant. was the first educatedHindoo woman that I hadmet. Her husband hadgiven her an excellent edu-cation. Their errand was to con-sult me and, if possible, ob-tain my assistance in amatter of the greatest im-portance to the women of3 India. The young womaniiad reflected somewhat inthis manner: Since Ihave acquired education,3 and the same amount ofknowledge as a man, whymay not other w^omen josHEE. India do the same? In America many women arerenov^med for their great learning,and many of them are doctors of medicine. The women ofIndia are not a
. Reminiscences; the story of an emigrant. was the first educatedHindoo woman that I hadmet. Her husband hadgiven her an excellent edu-cation. Their errand was to con-sult me and, if possible, ob-tain my assistance in amatter of the greatest im-portance to the women of3 India. The young womaniiad reflected somewhat inthis manner: Since Ihave acquired education,3 and the same amount ofknowledge as a man, whymay not other w^omen josHEE. India do the same? In America many women arerenov^med for their great learning,and many of them are doctors of medicine. The women ofIndia are not allowed to be visited by any man except theirhusband, and as all our ph3^sicians are men, who cannot seeand carefully examine their female patients, they cannot, ofcourse, prescribe proper treatment for them; hence manywomen in India must suffer and die without a remedy, whichoften could be avoided if women studied medicine. IfAmerican women can become physicians, then I can, and Ihave decided to go to America and enter the female medical. Stukv of an Emigrant. 265 college in Philadelphia and study for the degree of doctor ofmedicine, and then return to India and do good among mycountrywomen, and disprove the false doctrine which keepsHindoo women in ignorance and degradation. Her hus-band was very enthusiastic for her plan, and, being rich,was also able to assist her in carrying it out if I wouldfavor it and contribute toward its realization by reason ofthe influence my official position gave. A few weeks later, the noble minded little Brahmin wo-man was on her way across the great ocean to that countrywhere not only man but also w^oman enjoys a free exist-ence. She carried official letters from me to all Americanauthorities with which she might come in contact, also tothe mayor of Philadelphia, and to the state department atWashington. Before leaving Calcutta she delivered an ex-tempore address before a large audience at the Universityof Serampoor, of which address I have made
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