1881 - 1965
Mary Breckinridge American Socialite
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First Name |
Mary
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Last Name |
Breckinridge
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Birthday |
17th February, 1881
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Birthplace |
Memphis, Tennessee
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Died |
16th May, 1965
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Place of Death |
Hyden, Kentucky
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Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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Nationality |
American
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Occupation |
Socialite
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Mary Carson Breckinridge (1881 – 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.
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