Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965

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In 1925, Mary Breckinridge founded the Frontier Nursing Service to provide infant and maternal care in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky. She was the granddaughter of Kentucky statesman and former vice-president of the United States, John Cabell Breckinridge.

From the description of Letter, 1960, July 12. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38488930

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referencedIn	Berea College. Hutchins Library. Special Collections,. Frontier Nursing Service Collection 1923-1970.	Berea College, Hutchins Library
creatorOf	Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965. Letter, 1960, July 12.	Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
referencedIn	Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Family Planning Oral History Project. Records, 1909-1984 (inclusive), 1973-1977 (bulk).	Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn	Frontier Nursing Service newspaper articles, 1935-1940.	Middlebury College
referencedIn	Frontier Nursing Service, inc. Frontier Nursing Service collection, 1902-2006	University of Kentucky Libraries
referencedIn	Frontier Nursing Service, inc. Frontier Nursing Service records, 1789-1985, 1925-1985 (bulk dates)	University of Kentucky Libraries
referencedIn	Frontier Nursing Service, Washington Committee Records, 1976-1994, (bulk 1981-1994)	Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn	Interviews, 1973-1977	Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn	John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell papers, 1836-2005 (bulk 1865-1950).	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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associatedWith	Berea College. Hutchins Library. Special Collections,
correspondedWith	Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969
associatedWith	Bullitt family.
correspondedWith	Coleman, Frances
associatedWith	Eliot, Martha M. (Martha May), b. 1891.
associatedWith	Family Planning Oral History Project
associatedWith	Family Planning Oral History Project.
associatedWith	Frontier Nursing Service, inc.
associatedWith	Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. Washington Committee.
correspondedWith	Johnson family.