Wide neighborhoods
Subtitle: a story of the Frontier Nursing Service
By: Mary Breckinridge.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965.; Frontier Nursing Service, inc. -- History.; Nurse administrators -- Kentucky -- Biography -- History.
Description: This is the autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, the woman who founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in the mountains of eastern Kentucky in 1925. Riding out on horseback, the FNS nurse-midwives proved that high mortality rates and malnutrition did not need to be the norm in rural areas. By their example and through their graduates, the FNS exacted a lasting influence on family health care throughout the world.