Elisabeth Elliot...Ponnammal set the example for the others by quietly doing what they did not care to do. Her spirit created a new climate in the place, and the time came when there was not one nurse who would refuse to do whatever needed to be done.
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If you want to make the world a better place, do not wait for someone else to do something first. When Ponnammal, the mother of four children, decided to become a nurse, she did not do this based on what others had done or what other people told her that she should do. Ponnammal was not like other women who would never consider becoming a nurse because it was too much work. She knew that if she didn’t take action first, no one would take action.
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