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The third woman from India to graduate from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

The first woman to graduate from medical college would certainly be extremely notable.

The first woman to graduate from a particular medical college might possibly be notable, but not the third;

The first woman from a particularc ountry to graduate from medical school would certainly be notable.

The first woman from a particular country to graduate from a particular medical school might even conceivably be notable --but certainly not the 3rd

"among first women from India to earn a medical degree" is meaningless--. The first would be, but not among the first.

I strongly support the additional of all actually notable women to WP, and there are many thousands still to be done; I am willing to accept "firsts" of this sort despitethe fact that we're NOT GUINNESS--but this is getting absurd.

There does not sem to be any other notability. DGG ( talk ) 17:14, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: relisting in light of Espresso Addict's comment, an additional week of discussion can't hurt
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 Work 22:38, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

  • (Another) comment. There's detailed discussion of Chatterjee and her family in this blog post by medical historian Dr Jaipreet Virdi: . This references two pages in Arley Isabel Munson's Jungle Days: Being the Experiences of an American Woman Doctor in India (D. Appleton; 1913), which comes up in searches but whose text isn't viewable. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:42, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
    archive.org has it Eddie891 Work 00:46, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
  • This one (spelling Chatterji) states that she was the "first woman medical graduate of Punjab" which seems adequate for notability. Together with the many Google Books hits about her hospital work, I think there's enough to meet the GNG and flesh out a decent portrait, so going with formal Keep. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:13, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
That's a fascinating book; it states she was the 6th Indian woman to graduate in medicine at all (and one of these died before she could practice) and only the 3rd recorded with an MD degree. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:09, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
I don't think WP:BIO1E applies here: at very least Chatterjee has coverage not only for graduating but also for her association with the Denny Hospital for Women and Children; more broadly I don't think she's notable so much for the one-off event of graduating but for being a pioneering Indian female doctor. Reading the introduction to the book on Indian women in science/medicine found by Piecesofuk it appears a complex topic not encompassed by "one event" type reductionism. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:01, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
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