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- About Us
- Founders
- The Motherhood Creative
We are Cooper Munroe and Emily McKhann, co-founders of The Motherhood. We've known each other a long time starting with our first jobs at a public affairs agency in Washington, DC. Together we've been through new jobs, babies, moves, and all the things life throws at you. We formed The Motherhood in 2006 and since then we are reminded every.single.day that moms do all they can to make things a little better, in their own lives, for their families and for their communities. The Motherhood is the online community where moms do just that, and we are forever grateful and honored to be a part of such an amazing neighborhood.
Hugs and thanks,
1960's
Welcome to the world, Cooper and Emily!
60's-70's
Emily grew up in Baltimore with four brothers
60's-80's
Cooper grew up in Pittsburgh with one sister
1979
Emily went to Kenyon College
1984
Cooper went to Kenyon College (first of several coincidences)
Emily started doing time in windowless DC public affairs firm, never left the office
1988
Cooper joined exact same company, never left the office
Not doing that again
1992
Emily moved to NYC, had some cool jobs
Cooper moved to NYC, had some cool jobs
1995
Emily married Andy
Cooper married Rick
Emily started new public affairs company (with plenty of windows)
Cooper joined her, and it was awesome
1996
Emily started fertility treatments, got a dog
'97-'04
Cooper had four babies, got a dog
1998
Emily co-wrote the book Living With the End in Mind with her
best friend Erin Kramp, which Oprah loved
'98-'99
Emily lost Erin, her mother-in-law and stepfather to cancer
2000
Cooper moved back to Pittsburgh and began to write for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
'00-'02
Emily had two babies, and the dog adjusted
2003
Emily and Cooper started writing together
2004
We started a blog together and fell in love with the moms online
2005
Through our blog, we launched the Been There Clearinghouse in response to Hurricane Katrina; won Best of Blogs Award for Most Inspirational Blog of the Year
2006
Welcome to the world, The Motherhood!
2008
The Motherhood won a Web Award and was named a finalist for a Webby Award
2009
We launched The Motherhood Talks and The Motherhood Creative
2010
We were named among Parents Magazine "Top Ten Power Moms on the Web" and The Motherhood was again a finalist for a Webby Award
2011
We opened our first office and the awesome Erin and Kayla joined the team
2012
We redesigned The Motherhood to create the neighborhood we always dreamed of
