Since Venus is the only planet in the solar system named after a female god (the Roman goddess of beauty and love), it is only apt that its craters are named exclusively after important women. Among these are three Indians. Here’s why you should know who they were #womensday 
The Joshee Crater is named after Anandi Joshi (1865-1887), one of India’s first women physicians. Despite severe resistance from the orthodoxy in India, Joshi acquired a degree in Western medicine from the Women’s College of Pennsylvania in the USA.
Joshi decided to study medicine when her 10-day old son died due to lack of medical care. She was only a teenager, but she dreamt big – and achieved her goal. Joshi died of tuberculosis at age 21.
The Jhirad Crater is named after Jerusha Jhirad (1891-1984), another pioneering doctor. Jhirad earned an MD in obstetrics and gynaecology from the London School of Medicine for Women and was a pioneer of maternal health in India.
She was the first Indian Medical Officer at Mumbai’s Cama Hospital for women (1928). She also got the government to encourage women to study medicine and create medical facilities exclusively for women in India. These were ground-breaking developments at the time.
The Medhavi Crater is named after Ramabai Medhavi (1858-1922), whose mastery over Sanskrit earned her the title ‘Pandita’ (female scholar) at age 20. Medhavi fought tooth and nail for women’s rights in India.
Medhavi's book ‘The High-Caste Hindu Woman’ (1887) was an indictment of the caste system and its treatment of women. She toured India and rescued outcast children, child widows, orphans and destitute women. She sheltered them at her Mukti Mission on the outskirts of Pune.
#DidYouKnow that Ramabai Medhavi and Anandi Joshi were cousins? In 1886, Medhavi attended Joshi’s graduation ceremony at the Women’s College of Medicine in Pennsylvania in the USA.
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