Mary Ball Washington, George’s single mother, often gets overlooked – but she's well worth saluting
- Written by Martha Saxton, Professor emerita of History and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst College
Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, there is no record that Mary ever was.Stock Montage/Getty ImagesOn Mother’s Day, it is important and poignant to recall the hard life of Mary Ball Washington, who struggled – mostly alone – to raise our...