Marie Bartlett is a writer and communications consultant with hundreds of articles to her credit. This is Bartlett’s fourth nonfiction book. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina and can be reached at www.onceawriter.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiPreface      1. In the Beginning      2. From Socialite to Activist      3. Laying the Groundwork      4. The British Connection      5. Growing Pains      6. Building an Organization      7. Hard Times      8. Setback      9. Life in the Mountains      10. Animal Farm      11. Ambitious Plans      12. Suspended Dreams      13. War Comes to the Mountains      14. Money and Other Troubles      15. Coming Home      16. Unsung Heroines      17. A Day in the Life of a Courier      18. Changing Times      19. Social Services to the Rescue      20. Spreading the FNS Story      21. A New Era      22. Brownie and Breckinridge      23. Fire, Loss and Other Mishaps      24. Growing Older      25. The Explosion      26. Death of an Icon      Epilogue      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“Bartlett is an excellent storyteller...valuable...refreshing”—Asheville Citizen-Times; “the adventures of the nurses provide entertainment for the interested reader while providing some statistical and historical content for the scholarly”—ALCAlines; “a heroic narrative”—The Journal of Southern History; “Bartlett creates a human connection between reader and subject that is both compelling and informative”—Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health; “Mary Breckinridge was one of those earth angels God gave to the Appalachian people of Eastern Kentucky. The Frontier Nursing Service is an incredible story of a life of service and sacrifice”—Stella Parton, singer and owner of Attic Entertainment Music.

Marie Bartlett is a writer and communications consultant with hundreds of articles to her credit. This is Bartlett’s fourth nonfiction book. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina and can be reached at www.onceawriter.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiPreface      1. In the Beginning      2. From Socialite to Activist      3. Laying the Groundwork      4. The British Connection      5. Growing Pains      6. Building an Organization      7. Hard Times      8. Setback      9. Life in the Mountains      10. Animal Farm      11. Ambitious Plans      12. Suspended Dreams      13. War Comes to the Mountains      14. Money and Other Troubles      15. Coming Home      16. Unsung Heroines      17. A Day in the Life of a Courier      18. Changing Times      19. Social Services to the Rescue      20. Spreading the FNS Story      21. A New Era      22. Brownie and Breckinridge      23. Fire, Loss and Other Mishaps      24. Growing Older      25. The Explosion      26. Death of an Icon      Epilogue      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“Bartlett is an excellent storyteller...valuable...refreshing”—Asheville Citizen-Times; “the adventures of the nurses provide entertainment for the interested reader while providing some statistical and historical content for the scholarly”—ALCAlines; “a heroic narrative”—The Journal of Southern History; “Bartlett creates a human connection between reader and subject that is both compelling and informative”—Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health; “Mary Breckinridge was one of those earth angels God gave to the Appalachian people of Eastern Kentucky. The Frontier Nursing Service is an incredible story of a life of service and sacrifice”—Stella Parton, singer and owner of Attic Entertainment Music.

Marie Bartlett is a writer and communications consultant with hundreds of articles to her credit. This is Bartlett’s fourth nonfiction book. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina and can be reached at www.onceawriter.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiPreface      1. In the Beginning      2. From Socialite to Activist      3. Laying the Groundwork      4. The British Connection      5. Growing Pains      6. Building an Organization      7. Hard Times      8. Setback      9. Life in the Mountains      10. Animal Farm      11. Ambitious Plans      12. Suspended Dreams      13. War Comes to the Mountains      14. Money and Other Troubles      15. Coming Home      16. Unsung Heroines      17. A Day in the Life of a Courier      18. Changing Times      19. Social Services to the Rescue      20. Spreading the FNS Story      21. A New Era      22. Brownie and Breckinridge      23. Fire, Loss and Other Mishaps      24. Growing Older      25. The Explosion      26. Death of an Icon      Epilogue      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“Bartlett is an excellent storyteller...valuable...refreshing”—Asheville Citizen-Times; “the adventures of the nurses provide entertainment for the interested reader while providing some statistical and historical content for the scholarly”—ALCAlines; “a heroic narrative”—The Journal of Southern History; “Bartlett creates a human connection between reader and subject that is both compelling and informative”—Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health; “Mary Breckinridge was one of those earth angels God gave to the Appalachian people of Eastern Kentucky. The Frontier Nursing Service is an incredible story of a life of service and sacrifice”—Stella Parton, singer and owner of Attic Entertainment Music.