Dr ida scudder biography for kids

In the early 1890s in India, before Ida Scudder had even decided to study medicine, she was summoned one evening to attend several women in childbirth whose husbands refused to allow the presence of a male physician.

Watching helplessly as all three women died, Scudder committed herself to providing Indian women with medical education and care.

Dr ida scudder biography for kids

She went on to do just that, in a career spanning five decades.

Ida Scudder was born in Ranipet, India, to a missionary family. Her grandparents on her father's side had moved to India as the country's first medical missionary family.

Following tradition, her father John completed medical training and then set up a mission in Vellore, India, with his wife, Vermont-born Sophia Weld. The couple had six children, of which Ida was the youngest and the only daughter.

In 1878, following a cholera epidemic and a severe famine, the couple decided to go to the United States for a short time. When they returned to In