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2 unusual facts about Mary Breckinridge


Mary Breckinridge

Mary Carson Breckinridge (1881–1965), founder of the Frontier Nursing Service

Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge (1826–1907), Second Lady of the United States; wife of John C. Breckinridge


Marvin Breckinridge Patterson

She used her middle name, Marvin, both professionally and personally to distinguish herself from her cousin Mary Breckinridge (founder of the Frontier Nursing Service) and to avoid the prejudice against women prevalent at the time.


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