Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Mary Breckinridge

Self (in Archival Footage)

Melanie Beals Goan

Cast

Susan Stone

Cast

Carlyle Carter

Cast

Joycelyn Elders