Ida S. Scudder
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1870 – 1960
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Who was Ida S. Scudder?
Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder 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. In 1918, she started one of Asia's foremost teaching hospitals, the Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India.
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- Born
- Dec 9, 1870
Ranipet - Also known as
- Ida Scudder
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Cornell University
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Died
- May 24, 1960
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on July 23, 2013
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