The Frontier Nursing Service: America's First Rural Nurse-Midwife Service and School

by Marie Bartlett

There was a time when the average American woman was more likely to die from childbirth than from any other condition except tuberculosis. This was especially true in areas where hospitals and quality medical care were scarce or nonexistent. But deep in the rolling hills of eastern Kentucky's Cumberland Range, one woman almost single-handedly changed those dismal figures. Her name was Mary Breckinridge, and her goal was to introduce quality, professionally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786433426
• ISBN13: 9780786433421
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher