Film·2021·NR·57m

Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains

HistoryDocumentary

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.

Directed by Chelsea Gorham

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7 credited

Mary Breckinridge
Mary BreckinridgeSelf (in Archival Footage)
Melanie Beals Goan
Melanie Beals Goan
Susan Stone
Susan Stone
Carlyle Carter
Carlyle Carter
Joycelyn Elders
Joycelyn Elders
Ellen Ross
Ellen Ross
Julia Breckinridge Davis
Julia Breckinridge Davis

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