DISTINGUISHED WOMEN DOCTORS AS PIONEERS OF MEDICAL FIELD: CONTRIBUTION AND STRUGGLE

The medical field is an important aspect of social system. It is highly functional in society and also contributes to the working pattern of social system. Medical field was highly dominated by men for last many centuries. Men were operative and highly functional in the field of medicine. Rather the functioning pattern of medical field is male oriented. From Vedic period to colonial period, it was highly dominated by male members.