Frontier Nursing Service
Overview
The Service maintains six rural healthcare clinics in eastern Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, the Mary Breckinridge Hospital, the Mary Breckinridge Home Health Agency, the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
Frontier Nursing University, formerly Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing is a private non-profit graduate school located in Hyden, Kentucky, United States. The Leslie County school was started by the Frontier Nursing Service in 1939...
and the Bed and Breakfast Inn at Wendover, Kentucky
Wendover (Kentucky)
Wendover, also known as Frontier Nursing Service or Big House, has been named a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The first American attempt to professionalize midwifery, was led by Mary Breckinridge. The Frontier Nursing Service continues today....
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This was founded by Mary Breckenridge.
The organization was founded in 1925 in Leslie County, Kentucky
Leslie County, Kentucky
Leslie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 12,401. Its county seat is Hyden. The county is named for Preston H. Leslie, Governor of Kentucky...
by Mary Breckinridge
Mary Breckinridge
Mary Breckinridge was an American nurse-midwife and the founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. She also was known as Mary Carson Breckinridge.She started family care centers in the Appalachian mountains...
(Lived: 1881-1965; Director: 1925-1965) shortly after she had witnessed the operation of the Highlands and Islands Medical Service
Highlands and Islands Medical Service
The Highlands and Islands Medical Service provided state funded healthcare to a population covering half of Scotland's landmass from its launch in 1913 until the creation of Scotland's National Health Service in 1948...
which had been founded in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
twelve years earlier.
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