"Illustrations were done in watercolor and colored pwncil."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliography.

The first first mother : Mary Ball Washington -- The determined mother : Susanna Boylston Adams -- The busy mother : Jane Randolph Jefferson -- The affectionate mother : Eleanor Rose Conway Madison -- The unknown mother : Elizabeth Jones Monroe -- The modern mother : Abigail Smith Adams -- The brave mother : Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson -- The working mother : Maria Van Buren -- The beautiful mother : Elizabeth Bassett Harrison -- The dreamer mother : Mary Armistead Tyler -- The religious mother : Jane Knox Polk -- The pioneer mother : Sarah Dabney Taylor -- The struggling mother : Phoebe Millard Fillmore -- The flamboyant mother : Anna Kendrick Pierce -- The poetic mother : Elizabeth Speer Buchanan -- The strong mother : Nancy Hanks Lincoln -- The stepmother : Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln -- The resourceful mother : Mary McDonough Johnson -- The quiet mother : Hannah Simpson Grant -- The protective mother : Sophia Birchard Hayes -- The industrious mother : Elizabeth Ballou Garfield -- The writer mother : Malvina Stone Arthur -- The sacrificing mother : Ann Neal Cleveland -- The cautious mother : Elizabth Irwin Harrison -- The practical mother : Nancy Allison McKinley -- The southern mother : Martha Bulloch Roosevelt -- The stylish mother : Louisa Torrey Taft -- The adoring mother : Jesse Woodrow Wilson -- The midwife mother : Phoebe Dickerson Harding -- The invalid mother : Victoria Moor Coolidge -- The idealistic mother : Hulda Minthorn Hoover -- The bossy mother : Sara Delano Roosevelt -- The lively mother : Martha Young Truman -- The pacifist mother : Ida Stover Eisenhower -- The savvy mother : Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy -- The striving mother : Rebekah Baines Johnson -- The baking mother : Hannah Milhouse Nixon -- The optimistic mother : Dorothy Gardner Ford -- The independent mother : Lillian Gordy Carter -- The dramatic mother : Nelle Clyde Reagan -- The competive mother : Dorothy Walker Bush -- The confident mother : Virginia Clinton Kelley -- The outspoken mother : Barbara Pierce Bush -- The adventurous mother : Stanley Ann Dunham.