Fun Fact of the Day - Importance of Mothers

Dr. Benjamin Rush's mother, Susanna Hall Rush, owned her own grocery and provision store after his father passed away in 1751. It was named Blazing Star. She would marry once more, but would be widowed again. She was a source of strength and help to him in his early years, teaching him the importance of industry in success!

She died in 1793 of yellow fever during the pandemic that swept Philadelphia that year.

Parents make the difference in children's lives - they learn from us!