Dr Mary Poonen Lukose

As early as in 1920, Dr Mary Poonen Lukose delivered modern-day Kerala’s first C-section baby and began training professional midwives with the support of Travancore's Maharani Sethu Bai. And by 1929, this had led to 1.6 million residents of the state having access to modern medicine! #Respect #RealLifeHeroine #WomenInHistory

In this excerpt from The Ivory Throne by Manu S. Pallai, published by Harper Collins, we explore the initiation of feminism in Kerala by the last Queen of House of Travancore.