A look at the lives of early women physicians in India reveals the impact of social reform in on health outcomes. Dr. Krishnabai Kelavkar, who transformed maternal and infant health in the state of Kolhapur, is such a trailblazing woman, as Mrunamayee Satam writes.
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Privatization and the Moral Origins of the Modern State
Ann Summers writes a powerful short essay on the moral origins and functions of the modern state, and the need for historians to defend them.