Interview with Elizabeth B. Boyd, April 10, 1979

Partial Transcript: This is an interview with Mrs. T. Kenneth Boyd for the Oral History Project Frontier Nursing Service by Linda Green...

Segment Synopsis: Elizabeth Boyd is introduced. She talks about how she became aware of the Frontier Nursing Service through her friend Mrs. Dangler. She talks about the appeal of the rural setting of the FNS.

Keywords: Couriers; Daughters; Helen Browne ("Brownie"); Horseback; Mary Breckinridge; Mrs. Dangler; Public speaking; Rural areas; Visiting

Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Chicago (Ill.); Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Horses--Transportation; Rural conditions

Partial Transcript: And it was always very, uh, very interesting to hear about the work of the Frontier Nursing Service whenever Mrs. Breckinridge came to Chicago.

Segment Synopsis: Boyd talks about her acquaintance with Mary Breckinridge, and Breckinridge's relationships with Mrs. Dangler and her mother Mrs. Frost.

Keywords: American Committee for Devastated France (C.A.R.D.); Anne Morgan; Brutus Center; Cape Cod (Mass.); Chicago Committee; Families; Friends; Mary Breckinridge; Mrs. Dangler; Mrs. Frost

Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Chicago (Ill.); Friendship.

Partial Transcript: What was the first committee meeting that you went to?

Segment Synopsis: Boyd talks about becoming a member of the Frontier Nursing Service Chicago Committee, and talks about Mary Breckinridge's visits to Chicago and her enthusiastic speeches at committee meetings.

Keywords: "Granny women"; Attendance; Chicago Fortnightly; Contributors; Couriers; Drake Hotel; Enthusiasm; Fundraising; Home remedies; Inspiration; Lectures; Mary Breckinridge; Meetings; Personality; Social clubs

Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Chicago (Ill.); Country life; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Medical care--Appalachian Region; Rural conditions; Rural health services; Traditional medicine

Partial Transcript: You mentioned a trip, um, to Kentucky with Mrs. Dangler.

Segment Synopsis: Boyd briefly talks about her trip to the Frontier Nursing Service sometime around 1950.

Keywords: Developments; Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery; Helen Browne ("Brownie"); Leadership; Mary Breckinridge; Mrs. Dangler; Trips; Visiting

Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Wendover (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: I've been told by some people that the Chicago Committee isn't as active as, say, some other city committees.

Segment Synopsis: Boyd talks about the activities of the Frontier Nursing Service Chicago Committee, as well as a profile of its members. She talks about the members who had been couriers at the FNS.

Keywords: Active; Appeal; Contributors; Couriers; Horseback; Interest; Lake Forest (Ill.); Members; Mrs. Dangler; Resignation; Support; Wealthy families

Subjects: Benefactors; Charity; Chicago (Ill.); Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Horses--Transportation; Philanthropists

Partial Transcript: Do you feel it is going on strong these days?

Segment Synopsis: Boyd talks about some of the changes that have occurred at the FNS over the years, including the move from a majority of nurses coming from England to the majority now being Americans. She talks about her own granddaughters' interest in nursing. She talks about having fun with Mary Breckinridge when she visited Chicago. The interview is concluded.

Keywords: Acceptance; American nurses; Changes; English nurses; Granddaughters; Helen Browne ("Brownie"); Mary Breckinridge; Midwifery; Personality; Public health nursing; Training

Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Medical education; Nursing--Study and teaching