Mothers

Stories

My Hero

By: Claudia Lamonica

Claudia is inspired by her mother's religion and beating cancer.

Sarah Nabbosa

By: Aidah Birungi

Sarah Nabbosa works hard to support her children and to help those in need.

Andrea (Mom)

By: Matthew Ramirez

Andrea raised her two sons as a single mom.

Cornelia dePeuter

By: Hayley Henning

Hayley's mom Cornelia survived breast cancer and continues to be a role model.

Dr. Jeni Stepanek

By: Slater Jewell-Kemker

Dr. Jeni Stepanek is interviewed by MY HERO's Slater Jewell-Kemker.

Jacqueline Edelberg

Jacqueline Edelberg believes every child deserves a great neighborhood public school

Clara Hale

By: Jessica from Mississauga, Canada

Clara Hale was foster mother and founder of the Hale House.

Dorothy (Mama Dot) Humbert

By: Courtney from Simpsonville

Dorothy (Mama Dot) Humbert inspired her family when she went back to college in her 70s.

Anna Jarvis

By: Claudia from Costa Mesa

Anna Jarvis is the mother of Mother's Day.

Kathy Eldon

By: Xenia Shin

Kathy Eldon rushes in, ruffling her fingers fretfully through her signature red hair. She makes her way to the director’s chair, shooing everyone away and laughing: “Get out of here! This is my show!”

Gladys Aylward

By: Amy from Roseville

Gladys Aylward led 100 orphaned Chinese children to safety during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Lula Mae Walker

By: Jacqui Goddard <br> Contributor of The Christian Science Monitor<br> <h5>Per...

Lula Mae Walker has been a foster parent to 300 kids.

Mother Mary

Mother Mary helps Senegalese children and mothers with HIV/AIDS.

Molly Melching, Tostan Founder

By: Jane Wallace

Molly Melching, Tostan Founder empowers African communities to bring about positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.

My Mother Read to Me

By: Cynthia Kent Thomas

My Mother Read to Me is a tribute to a mother's love of reading.

Elena Vasilishyna

By: Natalia from Minsk

Elena Vasilishyna beloved by daughter and community in Belarus.

Betty Rommetvedt Zagel

By: Sarah from Spokane

Betty Rommetvedt Zagel is a caring mother and grandmother and continues to use her gifts to give to others

Rosemarie L. Poeppelman

By: Kaley from North Carolina

Rosemarie L. Poeppelman is a foster mom and an adoptive parent who has changed the lives of many children.

Art

My Mom

By: Tammy Zack of Taft High School

My mom is my heroine because she tries to balance her home and work life.

Peace Mom (Cindy Sheehan) by K E Harleston

By: K.E. Harleston, 20 x 26 inches, colored pencil and chalk pastel on paper

Cindy Sheehan is considered a hero activist to many people in the peace movement. She has spoken out against war

My Mom by Fatimatah Bindi Diallo from Senegal

By: Fatimatah Bindi Diallo

Senegal artist Fatimatah Bindi Diallo portrays her hero, her mother

Native Mom and Baby by Ben Milch

By: BEN MILCH

Ben Milch devotes this artwork to a Native American mother and her baby

Film

M (Mother)

Produced by:Jackie Khanh Doan

This creative and beautiful animation touches on the depths of the subject of motherhood.

Tinau (My Mother)

Produced by:Victoria Burns

Scientists predict that Kiribati - a remote Island Republic in the Central Pacific - could be lost to rising sea levels in the next 50 years.

mothers2mothers: Chancy

Jo Higgs

Mothers2mothers addresses the health needs of under-served communities in Africa by empowering "Mentor Mothers" to work in local communities and provide medical services that are sorely lacking.

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