Interview with Louise Ackerman, October 6, 1978
Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project
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At the time of the interview Louise Ackerman was president of the Daughters of the Colonial Wars, an organization that has assisted the Frontier Nursing Service with funds since its beginning as the Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies. Ackerman cites the English ties of the two organizations as what originally drew them together. She mentions equipment furnished for the Mary Breckinridge Hospital and contributions to benefit children in the FNS area. The DCW has given scholarships to nursing students at the FNS and has one vote on the FNS Board of Governors.Interview Accession
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Ackerman, Louise Interview by Tony Horowitz. 06 Oct. 1978. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ackerman, L. (1978, October 06). Interview by T. Horowitz. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ackerman, Louise, interview by Tony Horowitz. October 06, 1978, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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