Les sages-femmes des montagnes

Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains 

 

Lecture

Wednesday 6 April 2022, 17:30 - 18:45

Free online event. Book here: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/lib-angels-on-horseback-talk-060422


In this special virtual event, hosted by the RCN London Region History of Nursing Group, we will hear from the creators of a new documentary by Kentucky Educational Television (KET) about the “angels on horseback” Mary Carson Breckinridge created in 1920s rural Kentucky, set within the context of district and community nursing in the UK.


Professor of Nursing Vari Drennan will introduce the event with a talk about the development of community nursing in the UK from the nineteenth century until the 1920s, explaining how the term community nursing has been used in the UK to collectively describe three groups of nurses: district nurses, health visitors and school nurses. Nursing writer Chris Holme will describe the context of nursing in remote rural areas in the 1920s, and how these Scottish services inspired the Kentucky Frontier Nursing Service. We will also screen clips from the KET documentary and explore the process of putting the story together with producer Chelsea Gorham.


This event is open to all, and will take place online. Please sign up to attend and the link to join will be circulated in advance.