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Ida Sophia Scudder (December 9, 1870 – May 24, 1960) was a third-generation American medical missionary in India. She sought to improve the plight of Indian women by fighting against bubonic plague, cholera and leprosy. [1] [2] In 1918, she started a teaching hospitals, the Christian Medical College & Hospital, in Vellore, India. [3] Early life.
Scudder, Ida Sophia (1870-1960) Medical missionary in India. Born in India, Scudder was a granddaughter of the first American medical missionary, Dr. John Scudder, who with his seven sons all became missionaries.
A third-generation American medical missionary, Dr. Ida S. Scudder dedicated her life to women’s rights and public health in India. Dr. Scudder was born to a family with a rich history of medical missionary service.
Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder founded the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore, India. After watching three women die in childbirth Ida Scudder realized that she wanted to carry on the work of a medical missionary, like her parents and grandparents had done.
May 9, 2017 · Biographer Dorothy Clarke Wilson described Ida Scudder as a woman with “abounding energy, indomitable will, and consecrated purpose.” Although Dr. Ida left a legacy that continues to touch millions of lives every year, she felt she had done little for Jesus.
Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder (December 9, 1870 – May 23, 1960) was a third-generation American medical missionary in India of the Reformed Church in America. She dedicated her life to the plight of Indian women and the fight against bubonic plague, cholera and leprosy.
Nov 1, 2023 · The story of how Ida Sophia Scudder became a doctor is as poignant as it is disquieting. Sometime in 1890, a late-night knock on her door in Tindivanam in present-day Tamil Nadu woke her up.
Ida’s grandfather Dr John Scudder who reached Chennai in 1836 after a successful 19-year stint in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, was the first medical missionary from the United States to arrive in India. Dr Scudder established a printing press to distribute scriptures and tracts in Tamil. [1] .
Ida Scudder was born in 1870, in Ranipet, Madras Presidency, India. In 1878, her family returned briefly to the United States following a cholera epidemic and settled in Creston, Nebraska, for four years.
Today is Founder's Day - the 122nd birth anniversary of our founder, Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder. 'Aunt Ida', as Dr. Ida Scudder was fondly called, was born in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu on 9th Decemeber, 1870 and passed away on 24th May, 1960, in Kodaikanal.
