She shares her third and youngest child, Tennessee, with husband Jim Roth. Robin Marchant/Getty Images Entertainment I have a class of 8th graders and some of them are reluctant readers. While she's expressed regret about having a child so young, she's also called her son "the greatest unplanned blessing," and wrote a song about him called "An Ode to Julez. Whatever they are Moms always go famously amongst their kids.They are the centre of attraction. "I didn't actually know that they were big until I was about 13." Called the "most dangerous woman in America," all four of her children died in a yellow fever epidemic long before her career as a labor organizer.

"Comedian Ali Wong filmed her first televised comedy special when she was 7 1/2 months pregnant with her daughter, Mari, and killed it.

We Love You. Although some stories about his mother’s virtues were Although you may know Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935) for her film roles as Mary Poppins and Maria Von Trapp (two surrogate-mothers of sorts for generations of children), she’s also an author. After most of her babies died of diseases—only four of her possibly 13 children survived to adulthood—she wanted to help other mothers. Subscribe to our daily newsletter to get more of it. And as one might assume from her sharp-witted jokes, she brought her children up to be independent and passionate. Jolie has strived to make sure her children have a wholesome upbringing, and that they remain connected to the place of their birth. Some were actually really good mothers, while others … She did not let pregnancy slow her — or her career — down.Of the six children that the exes share, three — Maddox, 15, Zahara, 11, and Pax, 12 — are adopted.

Famous Mothers. I've listed them with the most recent famous mother (or grandmother) first, and the earliest later. But a few mother-daughter pairs are famous -- and there are even a few families where the grandmother is also famous. Many women in history found their fame through husbands, fathers, and sons. Within a few months, Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (In 1970 when she was 5 years old, Waris Dirie was a victim of female genital mutilation in her home of Somalia.

On a recent trip to Disney, she was bashed for letting her son Sheryl Sandberg taught women to lean in, becoming a role model for females across the globe.The author and "First Lady of Facebook" tragically became a single mother when her husband unexpectedly passed away, but channeled her grief into another book that she co-wrote, called "Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy.

Mike Windle / Getty "Witherspoon's 17-year-old daughter Ava and 12-year-old son Deacon are from a previous marriage with her "Cruel Intentions" co-star, Ryan Phillippe. “She liked people who were strong and held their own—she was a very big presence,” her daughter Betsy As a Malawi chieftain, Theresa Kachindamoto presides over nearly 900,000 Malawians.