Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains

57m
HistoryDocumentary
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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
Unknown
Susan Stone
Unknown
Carlyle Carter
Unknown
Joycelyn Elders
Unknown
Ellen Ross
Unknown
Julia Breckinridge Davis
Unknown

Crew

Chelsea Gorham
Director, Writer
Matt Grimm
Producer

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