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Lidell Simpson My mom worked, and she taught first grade in Winona.


Duncan Betzalel My working mom works in the very schools (Bryant is) denigrating. She now has a Ph.D. that's a couple of years old and helps get kids that are behind (whether its learning disability, ESL, etc) caught up and out of special education.


Shea L. Smothers-Wansley My mother worked her tail off and still came home, cooked dinner and went over our homework with us every day. I sat and watched her many a night fight through sleepiness as we would sit and tell her about our day. She never missed a beat in the household. To this day, I don't know how she did it all. But I never had a want in the world. I never felt alone . Most importantly, my education has never suffered because she worked. I just graduated with my master's degree and my older sister and brother also have degrees. She is a true woman of strength and class. I pray that I can become half the mother she was.

Tracie M Kelly Yes, a working mother who raised all seven of her children, and I did the same for my son when he was born. I stayed at home to teach him what he needed to know when he went to Head Start.

Christopher L. Pitchford Surely did, and I turned out to be a hard working man today.

From jfp.ms:

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My mother was single and worked on her bachelor's degree, master's degree and finally her Ph.D. and taught English full time when I was a child. We lived with my grandparents, both of whom worked. My grandmother arrived in the U.S. in 1945 from Greece at the end of WWII, speaking no English. Right after she arrived her father died, leaving her mother to care for her and her two younger brothers in a new land with no family or friends. I can't imagine how difficult it was for both of them respectively to be in the situations they were but they not only survived but thrived.

Let me also mention my paternal grandmother who was raised during the Great Depression and worked full time with her husband running insurance agency. All while raising four boys.

I come from a long line of strong, hardworking, independent women. They have shaped me into the person I am today. I am the independent, educated, successful person I am today due to the work ethic these women bestowed upon me.