Muthulakshmi Reddy

India's First Woman Legislator Dr Muthulakshmi Reddi on Google Doodle

Being the first Indian woman student in the Department of Surgery at Madras Medical College was just one of the many firsts for Dr. Reddi. Born in 1886 in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, she was also the first woman house surgeon in the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras.