Medical schools for women in India

INDIA Women in Sciences

Book

[India] [Women in Sciences] Mary Pauline Jeffrey. Dr. Ida: India, The Life Story of Ida S. Scudder. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1938. 212 pages. 8 x 6 in. Original blue cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by author on front end page. Frontispiece portrait of author and 18 other images throughout.

Biography of Ida Scudder, pioneering woman physician who founded clinics and medical schools for women in India. Scudder was born in India to American missionaries and dedicated her life to the health of Indian women, many of whom were reluctant to see male physicians. In 1899, she was one of the first women graduates from Cornell Medical College; and shortly after, Scudder returned to India where she started a rural medical clinic for women only. Within two years, she was treating thousands of patients. Few pages have corrections or annotations in ink. Very good.

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