Mountain Maternal Health League.
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Founded in 1936 in Berea, Kentucky, the League was dedicated to improving the health of mothers and children in portions of eastern Kentucky through the promotion of birth control. The League's service area has included Estill, Harlan, Garrard, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Powell, Rockcastle, and Whitley counties. To reach rural women, the League's nurses traveled by automobile and horseback, delivering babies and providing birth control education. In addition, an office worker kept clients supplied with refills of contraceptive supplies via mail. In 1944 the League established a clinic at the Berea Hospital staffed by volunteer women physicians and soon thereafter affiliated with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The League continues to provide birth control services to residents of Madison and surrounding counties to the present time.
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Birth control
Maternal and infant welfare
Medical care
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Women's health services
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