Biography
Vassar graduate Marvin Breckinridge was a self-taught filmmaker. Best known for the documentary called "The Forgotten Frontier" about the Frontier Nursing Service (founded by her cousin, Mary Breckinridge). Breckinridge went on to a distinguished career in photojournalism and broadcast reporting. When World War II broke out, she became the first woman foreign correspondent to join the staff of a radio network (CBS).
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1905-10-05
Deathday2002-12-11 (97 years old)
Birth NameMary Marvin Breckinridge
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States
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FatherJohn Cabell Breckinridge
MotherIsabella Goodrich Breckinridge
RelativesJohn C. Breckinridge, Mary Carson Breckinridge
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsMary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson
AwardsSociety of Woman Geographers Outstanding Achievement Award
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