Biography
Mary Carson Breckinridge (February 17, 1881 – May 16, 1965) was an American nurse midwife and the founder of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), which provided comprehensive family medical care to the mountain people of rural Kentucky. FNS served remote and impoverished areas off the road and rail system but accessible by horseback. She modeled her services on European practices and sought to professionalize American nurse-midwives to practice autonomously in homes and decentralized clinics. Although Breckinridge's work demonstrated efficacy by dramatically reducing infant and maternal mortality in Appalachia, at a comparatively low cost, her model of nurse-midwifery never took root in the United States.: 501–02
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The Forgotten Frontier (1931)
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Birthday1881-02-17
Deathday1965-05-16 (84 years old)
FatherClifton Rodes Breckinridge
MotherKatherine Carson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesVersailles, France, Connecticut · Kentucky · Arkansas, United States of America, Lausanne, Switzerland
AwardsKentucky Women Remembered, National Women's Hall of Fame
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