Interview with Sue Grandin, Patsy Perrin Lawrence, January 26, 1979

Interview Summary

Patsy Lawrence was a courier with the FNS in the 1950s, and her daughter became a courier and a nurse. Lawrence has been courier chairman in the Boston area and chairman of the Boston Committee. She talks about changes in the life of a courier in recent times and also discusses the modern FNS as a learning laboratory for persons from all over the world. Sue Grandin's mother and Mary Breckinridge were first cousins. She recalls "Cousin Mary" coming to visit and also her mother's eighty-mile ride on horseback with Breckinridge to see the FNS area. Grandin comments at length upon Breckinridge's motivation, methods, and experiences in establishing the FNS. Lawrence talks about changes in the concept of FNS services since the advent of government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Grandin also discusses the Boston Preview fund raiser.

Interview Keyword

Boston (Mass.) Boston Preview fund raiser Chestnut Hill (Mass.) Courier chairman Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. Fund raising government programs horseback Medicaid Medicare

Interview LC Subject

Children--Health and hygiene--Kentucky Medical care Nursing

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