Single mother Archives - Page 2 of 25

Noreen Rice

20th century Irish artist

Bette Nesmith Graham

Through ingenuity and perseverance, this high school dropout and single mother became a business magnate who transformed the office supply industry in the 20th century.

Josephine Cochran

To protect her fine china and avoid having to hand-wash them herself, Josephine Cochrane set out to invent a better dishwashing machine.

Lateefah Simon

US Representative from California

Julia May Carson overcame poverty and racism to serve nearly two decades in state and local government—including 17 years in the Indiana state legislature—before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996, the first African American and first woman to represent Indianapolis in Congress.

Barbara-Rose Collins

A longtime community activist, Barbara-Rose Collins was elected to Congress in 1990 on a platform to bring federal dollars and aid to her underserved neighborhood in downtown Detroit. In the House, Collins, a single mother, focused on her lifelong effort to ensure that Black families and Black communities had the resources and opportunities they needed to thrive.

Dr Vicki Chandler

American geneticist

Dorianne Laux

Laux is the author of three collections of poetry from BOA Editions, Awake (1990), What We Carry (1994), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Smoke (2000). She is also co-author, with Kim Addonizio, of The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (W.W. Norton, 1997).

Minnijean Brown-Trickey

One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools, she later served in Clinton Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Workforce Diversity in the Department of the Interior.