We Are Our Mothers' Daughters

Mothers give advice. It is the nature of the role of mother. We can't help ourselves. This collection of nine stories honors mothers whose lives have been memorable in their courage and strength, and, yes, in the advice they gave to their daughters. These mothers born in the late 19th or early to middle 20th centuries produced daughters who have taken their places at professional levels, who may have become mothers themselves, and who have lived that advice and passed their own versions on to their children. Please join me in rejoicing in the successes of these nine women and their mothers' stories, in their mothers' enduring strength and in the pride of fulfilling the dreams made possible by the valiant strength of the generation before them.