Women have been involved in activism for centuries in America; however, their roles, credibility, and influence in politics have constantly changed. While there is significant work on mothers’ activism, little research has yet focused on how mothers’ motivations, legitimacy, and influence within politics have changed across the political spectrum throughout the 21st century. This project uses educational activism in Florida as a case study to address the question: How are women involved in left-wing and right-wing mothers’ educational activist groups differently and similarly motivated by their identities as mothers, and how do they utilize their identities to advance their political credibility and influence public policy? I find that mothers involved in educational activism experience conflict between their identities as women and mothers and their political involvement, and they engage in activism around child-raising, an area commonly idealized as apolitical or at least nonpartisan. As a result of feelings of obligation to become involved, activist mothers use distinct strategies, which vary across the political spectrum, to navigate the tensions they experience. The differences in how women across the political spectrum experience and navigate motherhood and activism illuminate the larger ideological disagreements which inform current educational policy debates.