Jackie Mabley took on the role of everybody's mom. With a heartbreaking past, she was more than qualified to give advice to young people or as she called them, her "children". She proudly overcame her past and didn't let it define who she was. Many of her "children" looked up to her. She made everyone comfortable with her. After a while of seeing her onstage, no one minded that she was a woman or African American. She is definitely responsible for paving the road of female and African American comedians everywhere.