1925

After being certified by England’s Central Midwives Board, Mary Breckinridge returns to Kentucky and opens first Frontier Nursing Service clinic in Hyden. FNS work consisted of: midwifery, general care of families, and disease preventive measures (Crowe-Carraco, 184, Dawley II, 88). In June, 1928, the 12-bed hospital and health center at Hyden opened (186). It was followed by Maternity Center Association’s (MCA, of NYC) opening of its home birth practice in 1931 and their educational midwifery program (under Hattie Hemschemeyer) in 1932 (Dawley II, 88).