The life of Ida Sophia Scudder

This is Dr. Ida Scudder

Ida S. in her young stage (left) and her old (right)

Ida Sophia Scudder

Born : December 9, 1870

Died : May 24, 1960

Birth Place :Ranipet, India

Education : Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College

Ida Scudder was a women who fought for women and many diseases. Her father was John Scudder Jr. and her mother was Sophia (née Weld ). She was born in India because her father and mother were doctors in India.

While her mother and father were out 3 women asked to help them because they were conceiving. But, she denied them. At the end she saw that the 3 women and their newborn babies had died and that’s when she heard God’s call. God was telling her to help those in need.

She was willing to accept the call because she witnessed lots of poverty in India. So in 1918 she started Asia’s foremost teaching hospitals and the Christian Medical College & hospital in Vellore, India.

One day Mahatma Gandhi visited the college/hospital. She never got married because in the old Indian times old men marry young women and the old men die soon. When the men die they burn him but they don’t just burn him they burn the young wives too.

This is the true story of Ida Sophia Scudder. Even now many remember her and celebrate her death day since she helped many. Some nowadays call her an Angel Of Mercy.