Interview with Helen H. Fortune, Carl H. Fortune, October 6, 1978
Helen Fortune's father [W. A. Hifner, Jr.] was Mary Breckinridge's accountant in the early days of the FNS, and Helen was the first female CPA. Fortune recalls her acquaintance with Breckinridge and gives some background on Breckinridge's interest in nursing, including her World War I experience. With Carl Fortune, she comments upon FNS personnel, the establishment of the hospital at Hyden, and Mary Breckinridge's later career. Early attitudes toward midwifery among professional medical personnel in the state are also discussed.