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Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains

2021 · 57m

NR

History Documentary

Explore the life of Mary Breckinridge and her efforts founding the Frontier Nursing Service, whose nurse-midwives traveled by horseback to provide healthcare to those living in a remote, mountainous region of Kentucky.

Cast

Mary Breckinridge
Self (in Archival Footage)
Melanie Beals Goan
Susan Stone
Carlyle Carter

Joycelyn Elders

Ellen Ross

Julia Breckinridge Davis

Production

KET Kentucky Educational Television

Directed by

Where to watch

PBS
KQED

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Released: October 11, 2021

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