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The forgotten frontier

The forgotten frontier was filmed by photojournalist Marvin Breckinridge to document the humanitarian work being done in Kentucky by her cousin, nurse Mary Breckinridge, and the other nurse-midwives of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS). The film shows nurse-midwives providing child hygiene, midwifery, sick nursing, medical care, dentistry, public health and assisting doctors with emergency surgery for people…

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