Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains

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 & Crew

Director

Chelsea Gorham

Mary Breckinridge

Self (in Archival Footage)

Melanie Beals Goan

Susan Stone

Carlyle Carter

Joycelyn Elders

Ellen Ross