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Mary Breckinridge: Pioneering Rural Prenatal and Birthing Care Kescia L. Belbin MCPHS University Mary Breckinridge: Pioneering Rural Prenatal and Birthing Care During the early 1900’s, the healthcare system for families in rural areas was virtually nonexistent. Mary Breckinridge noticed a need for more healthcare access in these areas, which led her to create the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS). Through her work, Breckinridge was able to provide thousands of families with the healthcare that they

The Appalachian region is one of the most valuable areas of the United States. It is rich in many natural aspects and is home to some of the hardest working citizens in this country. Unfortunately, Appalachia is also home to a variety of harsh social problems including severe drug abuse and a gripping poverty facing a large portion of Appalachian citizens. The two of these issues seem to go hand in hand in many cases, so the solution of one could also lead to the solution of the other. Appalachians

I have had the pleasure of teaching Maiyuki Druen for three years; as an 8th grader in Advanced Geometry, as a sophomore in Math 174 Dual Credit Pre-Calculus through Morehead State University, and currently as a junior in AP Calculus. In 8th grade, Maiyuki chose to arrive at school an hour earlier in order to take Advanced Geometry at the high school. She was by far the best student in the class, even though she was in a class of extremely bright freshmen and sophomore high school students. Constantly

KFC in United States and KSA KFC, still referred to by some as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a well-recognized international fast food chain that started as a gas stop diner in Kentucky. Due to the immense popularity, KFC restaurants are succeeding in their routine business throughout the world including United States and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The reason for their success lies in the fact that they have followed a preplanned strategy. Through these strategies, they have produced remarkable growth

inappropriately applied in judging me. I was playing pickup basketball while visiting family away from my home state of Kentucky at the time, and I was wearing a University of Kentucky tee-shirt. As I walked up a team was forming and one of the players looked at me and said, “I’ll take the guy from Kentucky”, presumably basing his decision on the popularity of the sport in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As play progressed, my lack of excellence in the game demonstrated clearly that fandom and stardom work quite

Introduction With its rolling hills and breathtaking foliage, Central Appalachia is home to some of America 's most beautiful views, attracting thousands of tourists to the region each year. However, Central Appalachia is also home to vast deposits of energy resources, mainly coal. In order to extract this supply of cheap energy, mining companies have turned to a practice called mountaintop removal mining, or simply mountaintop mining. Mountaintop mining is a form of surface mining that involves

Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president in November 1860, and would be inaugurated on March 4, 1861. Tensions had been growing between southern slave states and northern free states. Lincoln hailed from the Northern free state of Illinois, and made his anti-slavery views as he campaigned. Lincoln did not receive any votes from the southern states; his name was not even on their ballots. All of the slave states were outraged when Lincoln was elected, and feared he would abolish slavery

In chapter eight of the book Abraham Lincoln’s political legacy is looked at. It goes in depth on how during the Reconstruction, the republican party essentially ruined the South for twelve years by instituting puppet governments that constantly raised taxes but provided very few public benefits (7). This chapter talks also talks about how the republican party stole money from the raised taxes. It seems like the main goal for the government at this point was to become an empire under Abraham Lincoln

Lockegee Rock near Morehead Kentucky holds a stunning view of the Daniel Boone National Forest! ¥ An absolute fantastic view. Captured from the top of the Daniel Boone National Forest, located in northeastern Kentucky near the city of Morehead, this featured image originates in one of the most beautiful and well kept secrets on earth. Although this location is breathtaking, efforts to capture images from the summit will certainly involve a bit hiking and climbing, but it’s definitely worth the

Similarly as the first thirteen provinces battled for their autonomy right around 100 years prior, the Southern states felt a developing requirement for opportunity from the focal Federal specialist in Washington. Southerners trusted that state laws conveyed more weight than Federal laws, and where there was a contention, they ought to maintain state controls first. This issue was called State 's Rights and turned into an intriguing issue in congress. Be that as it may, the principle fight between