Credit: Fun and Function Facebook page. In 2006, Aviva Weiss was a frustrated mother trying to find products to help her daughter, who had sensory processing difficulties, live a normal…
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Mother and Daughter Create Eco-Friendly Arm Candy
…up Website: horsefeathersgifts.com Mother-and-daughter duo Tammy Asher and Chelsea Farmer of western Kentucky created these bracelets to help inspire women in their day-to-day lives. Bracelets come engraved with messages such…
Mother of Uvalde School Shooting Victim to Run for Mayor
Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daugher died in the Uvalde school shooting of May 2022, is running for office to make a difference on gun control. (Credit: Kimberly Mata-Rubio) When Kimberly Mata-Rubio’s…
EP. 29: Helping Native Women Heal
…when we build then. And they’re bendable, and that becomes the ribs of your mother. It’s like you’re going back into your mother‘s womb for your healing. That’s the symbolic…
Ep. 36: Revisiting ‘Helping Native American Women Heal’
…like you’re going back into your mother‘s womb for your healing. That’s the symbolic part of a sweat lodge. COLLEEN: Sweats are one of the many services that Mother Nation…
Our Founding Mothers: The First Female Entrepreneurs of America
…through the years, but Betsy Ross was a mother, a businesswoman, the foundation of her household, and in our books – the first “Founding Mother.” Painting by James Frothingham Kitty…
A Survivor Uses Sweat Lodges, Talking Circles and Dream Catchers to Bring Healing to Native Women
…survivors, and the mothers of the resilient. We are beautiful indigenous women. TEXT: Norine Hill – Founder + CEO Mother Nation – Seattle, Wash. Norine: Mother Nation is a grassroots…
‘Housewives’ Ramona Singer’s Role Model
…biggest role model has been my mother. I was the oldest of four children and my mother was a victim of domestic abuse. When I was growing up I would…
Angelina Bey of LeAngelle: A Mother Builds Her Own Success Story
This story is part of our 1,000 stories campaign. What’s your story? Name: Angelina Bey Business: LeAngelle Industry: Consumer Goods Location: Jackson, Tennessee, U.S. Reason for starting: I started LeAngelle…
Mom’s Advice Helped This Young Entrepreneur Get Her Vegan Perfumes into Neiman Marcus and Urban Outfitters
…mother — Sabina Chazanas, a female entrepreneur who runs beauty venture LaNatura — instilled in her a very important principle: “patience pays off.” A Mother’s Encouragement Chaz says she grew…
Need Some Mom Motivation? 5 Inspirational Quotes from Moms of Entrepreneurs
…learned.” Dominique Reighard-Brooks with her mother, Dellon Reighard. Reighard-Brooks says her mother taught her invaluable lessons by setting an entrepreneurial example. (Credit: E.E. Ward) 2. “Roll up your sleeves and…
Motherly Instincts Inspire Startups
…children endured when teased and bullied at school, she knew something had to change. “As a mother, I know first hand the importance of building confident, loving, humble and sensitive…
Putting Motherhood First: From Michelle Obama to Entrepreneur Becky O’Neil
Ahead of Mother’s Day, first lady Michelle Obama thanked her mother, Marian Robinson, for being her “rock” at an event she spoke at honoring military mothers and wives for being…
‘Mom Guilt’ Was Already a Thing. Then the Pandemic Made it Hell for Caregivers
…note that a clear, decisive plan is needed “to revitalize and restore mothers in the workforce” since “mothers, especially mothers of color, have been pushed to the brink of economic,…
Role Models: Who They See When They Look Up
…project to name their most important role model, 24 percent of our project participants choose their mothers, mothers-in-law or grandmothers. Moms certainly aren’t the only family members our 1,000 Stories…