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Clara Hale Born: April 1, 1905 North Carolina, USA Died: December 18, 1992 (aged 87) New York City, USA

Clara "Mother" Hale: Early Life Clara McBride Hale (April 1, 1905 – December 18, 1992), was born in April 1, 1905 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also known as Mother Hale, was an American humanitarian who founded the Hale House Center, a home for unwanted children and children who were born addicted to drugs. Clara married shortly after high school and moved to NYC where she studied business administration, cleaned, and worked as a domestic. She was 27 when her husband died. She had three children, Nathan, Lorraine and adopted son Kenneth. In 1938, her husband died from cancer, and Hale struggled to support her children through the Great Depression.