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The Forgotten Frontier

The Forgotten Frontier is a 1931 documentary film about the Frontier Nursing Service, nurses on horseback, who traveled the back roads of the Appalachian Mountains. It was directed by Mary Marvin Breckinridge[?], and featured her cousin, Mary, who was a nurse-midwife and founded the Frontier Nursing Service.

The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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