Your Donation Will Be Matched by Jessie Ball du Pont Foundation from Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, 2023. 
Your Donation Will Be Matched by Jessie Ball du Pont Foundation from Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, 2023.
American Mothers honors women who have attained national attention for their work encouraging and helping mothers. We celebrate their efforts by awarding them the honorary title of America’s Mother of Achievement.
Congratulations to 2020 American Mother of Achievement Award Recipient:
Nina Westbook.
Award-winning blogger, photographer, and celebrity chef from Bartlesville, Oklahoma who first grew a fan base around her award-winning blog, “The Pioneer Woman,” Ree Drummond launched her career when she began writing about life as a cattle rancher’s wife on their Osage County cattle ranch. As her content grew, including a food section filled with recipes, so did her fan base—eventually attracting over 20 million page views per month. This led to cookbook deals and her first televised appearance in 2010 on the Food Network’s, Throwdown! with Bobby Flay, where she beat the celebrity chef in a Thanksgiving-themed cooking contest. The following year, her successful television series, The Pioneer Woman was launched. In 2016, Ree opened the The Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, home of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. Known as “The Merc,” the 25,000-square-foot historical building, purchased and renovated by the Drummonds, includes a two-level restaurant, retail store, and bakery. The Merc attracts visitors from all fifty states (and many countries) to Pawhuska and the surrounding area. Earlier this year, she opened The Boarding House—a three-story, eight-room hotel right down the street from the Mercantile, a pizza restaurant, and an event space. A steakhouse in Pawhuska will open later this year. Ree lives on the family ranch with her husband Ladd and their four children.
Congratulations to the 2019 American Mother of Achievement Award Recipient:
Ree Drummond
Award-winning blogger, photographer, and celebrity chef from Bartlesville, Oklahoma who first grew a fan base around her award-winning blog, “The Pioneer Woman,” Ree Drummond launched her career when she began writing about life as a cattle rancher’s wife on their Osage County cattle ranch. As her content grew, including a food section filled with recipes, so did her fan base—eventually attracting over 20 million page views per month. This led to cookbook deals and her first televised appearance in 2010 on the Food Network’s, Throwdown! with Bobby Flay, where she beat the celebrity chef in a Thanksgiving-themed cooking contest. The following year, her successful television series, The Pioneer Woman was launched. In 2016, Ree opened the The Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, home of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. Known as “The Merc,” the 25,000-square-foot historical building, purchased and renovated by the Drummonds, includes a two-level restaurant, retail store, and bakery. The Merc attracts visitors from all fifty states (and many countries) to Pawhuska and the surrounding area. Earlier this year, she opened The Boarding House—a three-story, eight-room hotel right down the street from the Mercantile, a pizza restaurant, and an event space. A steakhouse in Pawhuska will open later this year. Ree lives on the family ranch with her husband Ladd and their four children.
