Interview with Katherine Trowbridge Arpee, December 2, 1978

Interview Summary

Katherine Arpee was born in 1903 and heard Mary Breckinridge speak about the FNS in the late 1920s. Arpee went to Wendover as a courier in 1932 and became a member of the Chicago Committee at a 1933 meeting. She acted as Mary Breckinridge's escort from the train station when Breckinridge visited Chicago. Arpee discusses early couriers and their duties. She also comments upon Mary Breckinridge's views in regard to family planning. Arpee mentions the Chicago family that donated the funds for the Brutus Center and talks about the work of the Chicago Committee. In addition, she contributes observations about Breckinridge's personality and her remarkable memory for names and faces.

Interview Keyword

Appalachian Region--Social conditions Appalachian Region--Social life and customs Benefactors. Brutus Center (Ky.) Childbirth Lake Forest (Ill.) Philanthropists. Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Regionalism--Appalachian Region Wendover (Ky.)

Interview LC Subject

Appalachian Region--Social conditions Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965 Chicago (Ill.) Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. Medical care--Appalachian Region Rural conditions Rural health services Rural health--Kentucky Volunteers

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