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The Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) provides healthcare services to rural, underserved populations since 1925, and educates nurse-midwives since 1939.. The Service maintains six rural healthcare clinics in eastern Kentucky, the Mary Breckinridge Hospital (now part of Appalachian Regional Healthcare [2]), the Mary Breckinridge Home Health Agency, the Frontier Nursing University and the Bed and ...
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.
Wendover, also known as Frontier Nursing Service or Big House, is a historic house and former medical care facility near Hyden, Kentucky. Built in 1925, it is notable for its association with the American effort to professionalize midwifery , led by Mary Breckinridge (1881–1965).
The Forgotten Frontier is a 1931 American documentary film about the Frontier Nursing Service, nurses on horseback, who traveled the back roads of the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. It was directed by Mary Marvin Breckinridge , and featured her cousin, Mary Breckinridge , who was a nurse-midwife and founded the Frontier Nursing ...
Lake County, Illinois; National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Illinois * Template:Lake County, Illinois; C. Central Lake County Joint Action ...
Avon Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. ... Assessor - Chris Ditton; Trustees- Jeanne Kearby, Mike Dobrow, Jeff Loffredo and Rudolph Repa;
Moraine Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 34,129. [2] Moraine Township was originally called Deerfield Township, but the name was changed on October 29, 1998.
Benton Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and includes all of the village of Winthrop Harbor, most of the village of Beach Park, and small portions of the cities of Zion and Waukegan. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,951. [2] Zion Township was formed from Benton Township on September 12, 1930.