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by Mary Breckinridge

Book Overview

"The autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, the remarkable founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. Riding out on horseback, the FNS nurse-midwives, the first of their profession in this country, proved that high mortality rates and malnutrition need not be the norm in rural areas. By their example and through their graduates, the FNS has exacted a lasting influence on family health care throughout the world."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813101492
• ISBN13: 9780813101491
• Release Date: December 1981
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Rich in history

I'm not normally a history buff, but this book is fantastic. An autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, this book also delves into the history of turn of the century US and France. A must for Frontier Nursing students!

The greatest woman in Kentucky history.

A woman surrounded by wealth, widely traveled, followed her "calling" to come to the poorest, most remote area of Kentucky to establish the Frontier Nursing Service in the 1920's. She, almost singlehandly, established a hospital in Hyden, Ky, started a Midwifery School (still very active) and provided, with her nurses, medical and midwifery service on horseback - later jeeps - to several counties in southeast Kentucky. It is my intent to present this message to those who might be interested in bringing about the long needed story of this woman's life and contributions in a full length motion picture.