Interview with Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson,

Partial Transcript: I want to welcome you to the seventh session of our Womenfolk Series. Our session on women in southern Appalachia.

Segment Synopsis: An unknown speaker (later addressed as "Mr. Stokley") gives an introduction to a presentation by Marvin Breckinridge Patterson as part of the "Womenfolk Series."

Keywords: "Forgotten Frontier"; CBS reporters; Educational background; Films; Healthcare; New York City (N.Y.); Photographs; Women in Southern Appalachia; Womenfolk Series

Subjects: Breckinridge family; Patterson, Marvin Breckinridge

Partial Transcript: Thank you Mr. Stokley for your pleasant introduction to your series.

Segment Synopsis: Marvin Breckinridge Patterson gives an overview of the history of the Frontier Nursing Service, its founder Mary Breckinridge, and how it assisted the people of Leslie County, Kentucky.

Keywords: Clinics; Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery; Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing; Mary Breckinridge; Nurse midwives

Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Country life; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Health facilities.; Leslie County (Ky.); Medical care--Appalachian Region; Rural conditions; Rural health services; Transportation--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: My awareness of the FNS came to me before it was born.

Segment Synopsis: Patterson talks about her own involvement with the Frontier Nursing Service, first through her family connections to Mary Breckinridge. Breckinridge later asked her to create a promotional film that could be used to raise funds for the FNS. Patterson talks about making this film, "The Forgotten Frontier," and discusses another film about the area called "The Road."

Keywords: "The Forgotten Frontier"; "The Road:Jeeps; Acting; Cars; Changes; Couriers; Duties; Filmmaking; Films; Fundraising; Improvements; Local people; Mary Breckinridge; Reenactments; Silent films; Volunteers

Subjects: Appalachian Region--Social conditions; Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Leslie County (Ky.); Rural conditions; Rural roads; Transportation--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: Um, Mrs. Patterson has been gracious enough to f--want to follow this film with some, uh, some more remarks to put it a little more precise.

Segment Synopsis: Patterson talks about the living conditions of the people in Leslie County served by the FNS. She talks about how these conditions have improved since the early days of the FNS, and how the area has been affected by outside influences.

Keywords: Cabins; Canning and preserving; Clothes; Coal mining; Diet; Economic conditions; Farming; Food; Furniture; High schools; Housing conditions; Hyden (Ky.); Ice cream; Improvements; Jobs; Journey; Lumber; Mary Breckinridge Hospital; One-room schools; Pants; Preservation; Progress; Running water; Stores; Television; Traveling; Uniforms; Washing machines; Welfare; Wendover (Ky.)

Subjects: Appalachian Region--Economic conditions; Appalachian Region--Social conditions; Country life; Education--Kentucky; Employment--Kentucky; Food habits--Appalachian Region, Southern; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Leslie County (Ky.); Rural conditions; Rural roads; Rural schools--Kentucky; Transportation--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: We now come to the most important element of all: the people.

Segment Synopsis: Patterson talks about the characteristics of the people living in Leslie County who were served by the FNS. She talks about the opportunities available for women, and discusses how the FNS improved childbirth conditions and mortality rates in the area.

Keywords: Birthrates; Board of Governors; Characteristics; Death; Delivery; Doctors; Experience; Fees; Infant mortality rates; Local people; Nurses; Outpost clinics; Planned Parenthood Program; Pride; Staff; Women's Auxiliary

Subjects: Appalachian Region--Economic conditions; Appalachian Region--Social conditions; Appalachian Region--Social life and customs; Country life; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Leslie County (Ky.); Maternal health services.; Medical care--Appalachian Region; Regionalism--Appalachian Region; Rural health services

Partial Transcript: The volunteer program has been extended.

Segment Synopsis: Patterson talks about some of the financial aspects of the FNS, including budgets, the donations they receive, and how the organization is affected by Medicare and Medicaid. She talks about the creation of the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery.

Keywords: "Wide Neighborhoods"; Budgets; Couriers; Donations; Expenses; Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery; Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing; Government reimbursement; Mary Breckinridge; Mary Breckinridge Hospital; Medicaid; Medical training; Medicare; Nurses; Transportation; Volunteers

Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Health facilities.; Medical centers--Finance; Medical education; Nursing--Study and teaching; Rural health services

Partial Transcript: Let's take a few questions or comments on this.

Segment Synopsis: Patterson answers questions from the audience on the subjects of birth control in Leslie County, financial aspects of the FNS, the organization's connection with the University of Kentucky, attitudes of doctors about the FNS, and the employment of the local people. The presentation is concluded.

Keywords: "The Road"; "Wide Neighborhoods"; Attitudes; Birth control; Birthrates; Committees; Doctors; Donations; Employment; Expansion; Farming; Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery; Frontier Nursing Service Quarterly Bulletins; Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing; Gardens; Government reimbursement; Hospitals; Insurance; Jealousy; Jobs; Operations; Opposition; Self-supporting; Staff; Training; Transportation; University of Kentucky (UK)

Subjects: Appalachian Region--Economic conditions; Appalachian Region--Social conditions; Country life; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Health facilities.; Leslie County (Ky.); Medical care--Appalachian Region; Medical centers--Finance; Physicians--Kentucky; Rural conditions; Rural health services