The Elusive Science: Medicine and Women in Late Colonial Bengal

Gender biases had denied women the opportunity to engage with the sciences and empirical learning until the late nineteenth century. These biases were thwarted when the determination of a set of reformers and the practical needs felt by a gender-segregated society generated the demand for trained...

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Main Author: Sharmita Ray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sarat Centenary College 2021-01-01
Series:PostScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies
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Online Access:https://postscriptum.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pS6.iSharmita.pdf