4/11/2010:
By this date in 1952, Nettie Belle Torgerson of Washburn was named North Dakota Mother of the Year.
The acknowledgment came through American Mothers, Inc., a nonpolitical, nonprofit organization honoring women and men who strengthen the moral and spiritual foundations of their family and the home.
Nettie Torgerson had indeed played an important role in her family and in her community, raising four children with her husband Theodore. And she did all of this...with just one arm, for when she was seven, she had lost her right arm in a farm accident.
Some parents wish they had another arm to care for their families. Nettie only had one. But on this date, she was honored for what she did have: the skills to inspire her family.
Sources:
http://www.americanmothers.info/node/29
The Washburn Leader, April 10, 1952