Melanie Goan: 2 books
Kentucky Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times introduces a history as dynamic and diverse as Kentucky itself. Covering the Appalachian region in the east to the Pennyroyal in the west, the essays highlight women whose aspirations, innovations, activism, and creativity illustrate Kentucky’s role in political...
Mary Breckinridge
The Frontier Nursing Service and Rural Health in Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In 1925 Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), a public health organization in eastern Kentucky providing nurses on horseback to reach families who otherwise would not receive health care. Through this public health organization, she introduced nurse-midwifery to...