Title: Mary Breckinridge
First published: 2008
Description: In 1925 Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), a public health organization in eastern Kentucky providing nurses on horseback to reach families who otherwise would not receive health care. Through this public health organization, she introduced nurse-midwifery to the United States and created a highly successful, cost-effective model for rural health care delivery that has been replicated throughout the world.
Subjects: Biography, History, History, 20th Century, Inc Frontier Nursing Service, Nurses, Nursing services, Rural health services, Breckinridge, mary, 1881-1965, Nurses, biography, Rural health, Appalachian region, Frontier Nursing Service
Places: Appalachian Region
People: Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965)
LC classification: RT37.B72 G63 2008