Home›Articles›How Mary Breckinridge built the Frontier Nursing Service, and what became of itArticleHow Mary Breckinridge built the Frontier Nursing Service, and what became of itArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnMary Carson Breckinridge, Healers Well-attested SourcesMary Carson Breckinridge (source article)Formal and practical educationQuote, Formal and practical educationShe spent the summer of 1923 riding horseback over 650 miles through the hills of Kentucky to conduct a summer survey of midwives in the region, who averaged 60 years of age.View the SourceMedicine Atlas Original Articlestier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.