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2021 History Documentary 0h 57m

Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains

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.

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Principal Cast

Mary Breckinridge

Self (in Archival Footage)

Melanie Beals Goan

Susan Stone

Carlyle Carter

Joycelyn Elders

Ellen Ross

Julia Breckinridge Davis

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