Moms Across Time

2. Being the wife of a president is pretty demanding, but what about the mother of a president as well? Can you guess which of these first ladies was also a first mother?

• Edith Roosevelt
  No. Abigail Adams was the wife of our second president, John Adams, and the mother of our sixth, John Quincy Adams.

  Edith was President Theodore Roosevelt's wife. She was not, however, the mother of Franklin Roosevelt. FDR was a distant cousin of her husband's.

• Louisa Adams
  No. Abigail Adams was the wife of our second president, John Adams, and the mother of our sixth, John Quincy Adams.

  Louisa was John Quincy Adams' wife.

• Abigail Adams
  Yes. Abigail was the wife of our second president, John Adams, and the mother of our sixth, John Quincy Adams.

3. The family in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" has been charming girls and their moms for over 130 years. What did the sisters in the book call their beloved mom?

• Ma'am
  No. The four March girls called their dear mother 'Marmee.'

  The novel's characters, Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy were modeled after Louisa and her sisters, Anna, Elizabeth and May, the four daughters of Bronson and Abigail May Alcott.

• Mama
  No. The four March girls called their dear mother 'Marmee.'

  The novel's characters, Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy were modeled after Louisa and her sisters, Anna, Elizabeth and May, the four daughters of Bronson and Abigail May Alcott.

• Marmee
  Yes! The four March girls called their dear mother 'Marmee.'

  The novel's characters, Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy were modeled after Louisa and her sisters, Anna, Elizabeth and May, the four daughters of Bronson and Abigail May Alcott.

4. Which 70s TV mom was the real-life step-mom of one of her TV kids?

• Carol Brady (Florence Henderson)
  No, it was The Partridge Family's Shirley Jones. David Cassidy (who, of course played the dreamy Keith) was her stepson in real life.

  Carol Brady, the ultimate TV mom and stepmom was not related to her co-star kids.

• Ann Romano (Bonnie Franklin)
  No, it was The Partridge Family's Shirley Jones. David Cassidy (who, of course played the dreamy Keith) was her stepson in real life.

  One Day at a Time's single mom Bonnie Franklin was not related to her co-star kids.

• Shirley Partridge (Shirley Jones)
  Yes! It was The Partridge Family's Shirley Jones. David Cassidy (who, of course played the dreamy Keith) was her stepson in real life.

5. According to a study from April 2000, which group of moms spent more time with their kids?

• Stay-at-home moms in 1965.
  Sorry. Believe it or not, this study from the University of Maryland found recent working moms actually spent more hours a day with their kids than at-home moms did 30 years ago.

  How can this be? One reason is today's busy moms were more likely to forgo personal obligations and entertainment that kept them away from their kids.

• Working moms in 1998.
  Yes! Believe it or not, this study from the University of Maryland found recent working moms actually spent more hours a day with their kids than at-home moms did 30 years ago.

  How can this be? One reason is today's busy moms were more likely to forgo personal obligations and entertainment that kept them away from their kids.