10 Moms Who Will Seriously Inspire You

The Chief Operating Officer of Facebook and mother of two is the first woman to serve on FB's board. She's been honoured and recognized for her work and advocacy, particularly the Ban Bossy campaign, designed to ban the word "bossy" from general use due to its perceived harmful effect on young girls, not to mention her TED speech, "Why we have too few women leaders" back in December 2010, which was legendary. But it was her personal post about grief, after she lost her husband in June 2015, that made us see beyond the powerful businesswoman and relate to her as a wife and mom.

The first African-American FLOTUS, Obama studied law at Princeton and Harvard before working at the law firm Sidley Austin, which is where she met the man who would later become her husband, father of their two daughters and President of the United States: Barack Obama.
The First Lady is a staunch advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating (for which she campaigns with Let's Move), not to mention the Joining Forces initiative she works on with Dr. Jill Biden, to help support American soldiers and military families, as well as her support of LGBT rights.

Sure, she's one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, all while making a name for herself as a director, but she's also a humanitarian, political activist and mother to six children. Jolie is equally comfortable on a movie set as she is in a war zone or refugee camp, as she advocates hard for human rights. She also underwent a preventative double mastectomy in 2013, revealing all in a touching op-ed piece so "other women can benefit from my experience."

Balancing work and motherhood can be a struggle but the Argentinian politician gave hope to women everywhere when Donda Pérez brought her then-eight-month-old daughter, Trilce, to a parliamentary session in June 2015 and fed her when Trilce got hungry—by breastfeeding. You know, like any other regular mom. The stigma that comes with breastfeeding needs to go the way of the dodo. Enough with the judgment.

Co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc and mother of three, Steve Jobs's widow founded Emerson Collective, which advocates for education and immigration reform, social justice, and environmental conservation. She also co-founded Board of College Track, which prepares disadvantaged high school students for college.

The Runway of Dreams founder and designer started the nonprofit after her middle son Oliver, who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, asked her to buy him a pair of jeans and she realized that it probably wasn't going to happen, knowing the daily struggles to dress himself would limit his clothing choices. So after months of research, her organization teams with retailers and designers and works to adapt mainstream clothes for those who have different needs.

Aside from being an actress and campaigning for laws to protect children from paparazzi, Garner has handled her split from Ben Affleck with class and that Southern charm that makes her the perfect leading lady. Some may have argued that she's been a bit of a doormat that Affleck has walked all over because for the sake of their three kids, she has maintained a civility that not many women could. But anyone who thought she was a pushover who would eventually take Ben back changed their tune when her interview with Vanity Fair came out in which she not only speaks candidly about her ex, their marriage and Nannygate, but teaches everyone how to throw shade without a hair falling out of place.

She's a Burmese politician, chairperson of the country's National League for Democracy in Burma, and mother of two. Kyi constantly pushes for democracy in a peaceful manner, despite Burma's huge obstacles. Aside from balancing all that with motherhood, she's also a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the $1.3 million she received from that went to establish a health and education trust for the people of Burmese.

The former marketing whiz from Dragons' Den is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author and self-made multi-millionaire. But she's not all about the money and "Powerful Women" lists. The honorary captain of the Royal Canadian Navy and mom of four—and grandmother of five—is also the national spokesperson for Breakfast Clubs of Canada to help raise awareness of the importance of children having a nutritious start to the day, as well as championing the Give a Day campaign, in support of Dignitas International and the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Many have called the Democratic presidential frontrunner as less-than-inspiring, someone who isn't stirring up anything in potential young voters' hearts and minds. But it can't be denied that Clinton has made the upcoming U.S. election an emotional one for women, no matter what your political views are. And whether she's seemed impenetrable or vulnerable, as Bill Clinton's scorned wife and fodder for late-night monologues, Chelsea's mom has fought long and hard for a legacy that is more than her marriage to Bill. Not only has she worked her butt off under a president that defeated her in the primaries, and visited more countries than any Secretary of State in U.S. history but she's the first viable female presidential candidate the country has ever had. If that's not inspiring, we don't know what is.