In partnership with Moms First, a nonprofit fighting for the structural changes women need and deserve, Marie Claire is proud to present our second annual Power Moms List.
Our 2026 honorees are taking a stand—for their communities, their families, and themselves. Angelica Vargas, known on TikTok as Angie the ICE Chaser, tracks ICE agents through the streets of Southern California. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham just made New Mexico the first state in the nation to provide universal child care. Jesmyn Ward writes unflinchingly about parenthood, a role she says "reveals elementally who we are as human beings." And then there's Power Mom Ashley Graham, who embraces the mess and chaos of motherhood—and whose candor about the whole experience helps banish its taboos.
