Frontier Nursing Service
There was a time when the average American woman was more likely to die from childbirth than from any other condition except tuberculosis. This was especially true in areas where hospitals and quality medical care were scarce or nonexistent. But deep in the rolling hills of eastern Kentucky''s Cumberland Range, one woman almost single-handedly changed those dismal figures. Her name was Mary Bre...
There was a time when the average American woman was more likely to die from childbirth than from any other condition except tuberculosis. This was especially true in areas where hospitals and quality medical care were scarce or nonexistent. But deep in the rolling hills of eastern Kentucky''s Cumberland Range, one woman almost single-handedly changed those dismal figures. Her name was Mary Bre...
