Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains

Name: Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains
Director: Chelsea Gorham
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 2021-10-11
Duration: 57 min
Cast: Mary Breckinridge, Melanie Beals Goan, Susan Stone, Carlyle Carter, Joycelyn Elders

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2021 · 57 min · NR · History · Documentary

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.

Directed by Chelsea Gorham

Cast

Mary Breckinridge — Self (in Archival Footage)
Melanie Beals Goan
Susan Stone
Carlyle Carter
Joycelyn Elders