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Lee, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Richard, 1613?–1664, American colonist, founder of the Lee family of Virginia. A member of the Coton branch of the Lees of Shropshire, England, he immigrated (c.1642) to Virginia…

Mother Holle

Mother Holle Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy. The mother, however, loved the ugly and lazy one…

Mothers by the Numbers

Info about mothers from the Census Bureau   Related Links Popular Baby Names Mother's Day Mothers in the Labor Force Live Births by Age and Race of Mother   How Many…

Mothers Mobilize

The "Million Mom March" on Mothers' Day, May 14th 2000 by Borgna Brunner This article was posted on May 9, 2000. President Clinton, beside Million Mom March founder Donna Dees Thomases (left),…

Jones, Mother

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Mother: see Jones, Mary Harris.

mother goddess

(Encyclopedia) mother goddess: see Great Mother Goddess.

Mother Goose

(Encyclopedia) Mother Goose, name associated with nursery rhymes. Most English nursery rhymes have been ascribed to Mother Goose. The origin of the name is still a matter of dispute. Some trace it to…

Mother Lode

(Encyclopedia) Mother Lode, belt of gold-bearing quartz veins, central Calif., along the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The term is sometimes limited to a strip c.70 mi (110 km) long and…

Teresa, Mother

(Encyclopedia) Teresa, Mother (Saint Teresa of Calcutta), 1910–97, Roman Catholic missionary in India, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, b. Skopje (now in North Macedonia) as Gonxha Agnes…

surrogate mother

(Encyclopedia) surrogate mother, a woman who agrees, usually by contract and for a fee, to bear a child for a couple who are childless because the wife is infertile or physically incapable of…