Mary Carson Breckinridge

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American nurse (1881-1965)

United StatesLived 1881 to 1965 · aged 84

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Languages9

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Photos 4

Old postcard of British Hospital for Mothers and Babies

Lithograph for the American Committee for the Devastated Regions of France

The Big House built in Wendover to start the Frontier Nursing Service

Awards 1

Kentucky Women Remembered

In their orbit 1

FatherClifton Rodes Breckinridge

Connected to Mary 6

Willa BrownAlso won Kentucky Women Remembered

Enid YandellAlso won Kentucky Women Remembered

Anne BradenAlso won Kentucky Women Remembered Jacqueline NoonanAlso won Kentucky Women Remembered

Jean RitchieAlso won Kentucky Women Remembered

Georgia Davis PowersAlso won Kentucky Women Remembered

About this person

Mary Carson Breckinridge 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.

Country

United States

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1881 to 1965 · aged 84

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9 languages

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