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Who is Ida Scudder?

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susietucker
at January 5, 2011 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Ida Scudder was born into a family of medical missionaries to India, but her early childhood memories of famine and death in India convinced her that she wanted to live her life in the happier healthier United States. Then during one night in India, three separate men came seeking medical help for each one’s wife who was experiencing difficulties in childbirth. They would not let Ida’s father, an MD, help because he was male, and Ida couldn’t help because she had no training.  All three of the Indian women died that night, and Ida Scudder’s life ambition changed.  She went on to graduate from medical school at Cornell University and returned to India on January 1, 1900, determined to make a difference and model the love of Christ in doing so.