| LC control no. | n 83130222 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rakhamābāī, 1864-1955 |
| Variant(s) | Rukhmabai, 1864-1955 Rakhmabai, 1864-1955 |
| Associated country | India |
| Located | Mumbai (India) |
| Birth date | 1864-11-22 |
| Death date | 1955-12-25 |
| Field of activity | Child marriage Medicine |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians |
| Found in | Varde, M. Ḍô. Rakhamābāī, 1982: t.p. (Rakhamābāī) verso of t.p. (Rakhmabai) p. 4, etc. (first Indian med. practitioner; b. 11/22/1864; d. 12/25/1955) An exposition of some of the facts of the case of Dadaji vs. Rakhmabai, 1887 http://streeshakti.com, viewed 4 Nov. 2016 (Rukhmabai (1864-1955) was a child bride who refused to live with her husband. Later she became a doctor. Her case, turning on the question of the rights and wrongs of child marriage, became a cause célèbre in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1880s, with Rukhmabai's rights being pleaded by no less a personality than Pandita Ramabai.) |
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