Between the 1920s and 1940s, hundreds of debutantes signed up to be horse-riding couriers for the Frontier Nursing Service, a network of nurse-midwives in the rural mountains of Kentucky. Smithsonian Magazine tells the story of what they did, and why. "They got to wear pants, they got to act independently,” historian Melanie Beals Goan explains, adding that couriers were “really clinging to this idea of a nostalgic, isolated place where traditional American values continue to survive. Part of [the couriers’] adventure is the idea that they’re escaping from [parental] authority, but also that they’re going to go back in time to this really quaint place.”
🚨Petition for ALL #Kentucky residents, pls share widely!🚨
Based on an unscientific study, the Board of Trustees at the #UniversityofKentucky passed a resolution that threatens to eliminate shared governance at the university.
Pls stand w/ United Campus Workers #KY in calling on President Capilouto to oppose and present alternatives to this plan.
If not affiliated with #UKY, tick "Community supporter."
This is where I live, a town were graphic designers have either no sense of irony or an extremely heightened one. Look a little closer if you don't see it immediately.
Originally from #Kentucky. #Queer. Hate noise pollution. Big fan of old #stories well-told. Fell in love with #fish first, then #plants, then #insects. My love-hate relationship with #sports goes in 5-year cycles.