Interview with Carolyn Booth Gregory, March 31, 1979

Interview Summary

Carolyn Gregory learned about the FNS while a student at Bates College in Maine. Following her graduation in the late 1940s, she volunteered to work as Christmas Secretary at the FNS, organizing the donation of gifts for local children. She discusses Christmas at the FNS and the family atmosphere throughout the organization. For the remainder of the year Gregory performed clerical tasks and served as a part-time courier. The FNS impressed her as "a community of self-sufficient women," and she recounts a number of experiences during the transition from horses to jeeps. Gregory also comments upon visits with local people and recalls being present at several childbirths.

Interview Keyword

Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965 Horses--Transportation Nurses Rural children

Interview LC Subject

Appalachian Region--Social conditions Appalachian Region--Social life and customs Childbirth Christmas--Appalachian Region Country life Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. Medical care--Appalachian Region Midwifery--Appalachian Region Rural conditions Rural roads Wendover (Ky.)

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