Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains

Name: Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 2021-10-11
Duration: 57 min

2021 0h 57m Released

History Documentary

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

M Mary Breckinridge Self (in Archival Footage) M Melanie Beals Goan S Susan Stone C Carlyle Carter J Joycelyn Elders E Ellen Ross