▁label ▁World ▁Music ▁Awards , ▁annual ▁event ▁for ▁world ▁music <0x0A> </s> ▁Clara ▁Mc B ride ▁H ale ▁( A pril ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁– ▁December ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 ), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Mother ▁H ale , ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁human itar ian ▁who ▁founded ▁the ▁H ale ▁House ▁Center , ▁a ▁home ▁for ▁unw anted ▁children ▁and ▁children ▁who ▁were ▁born ▁add icted ▁to ▁dru gs . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Clara ▁Mc B ride ▁was ▁born ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁in ▁Elizabeth ▁City , ▁North ▁Carolina ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁ ▁Clara ▁married ▁shortly ▁after ▁high ▁school ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁where ▁she ▁studied ▁business ▁administration , ▁clean ed , ▁and ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁domestic . ▁She ▁was ▁ 2 7 ▁when ▁her ▁husband ▁died . ▁She ▁had ▁three ▁children , ▁Nathan , ▁Lor raine ▁and ▁adopted ▁son ▁Kenneth . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁her ▁husband ▁died ▁from ▁cancer , ▁and ▁H ale ▁strugg led ▁to ▁support ▁her ▁children ▁through ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression . ▁Her ▁rough ▁life ▁made ▁it ▁hard ▁to ▁finan cially ▁support ▁and ▁care ▁for ▁her ▁three ▁children , ▁consequ ently ▁she ▁had ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁job . ▁H ale ▁clean ed ▁houses ▁and ▁continued ▁her ▁job ▁as ▁a ▁jan itor , ▁labor ing ▁day ▁and ▁night ▁to ▁make ▁ends ▁meet . ▁ ▁Event ually ▁she ▁retired ▁from ▁these ▁jobs ▁to ▁spend ▁more ▁time ▁with