Yuriko writes about her hero, her mother:

My mother is a superwoman. She works hard everyday as a wife, a mother, a worker, and a servant. I admire her not only as a mother, but as a person.
She was born in Ehime, a district in Shikoku. She is the youngest of three children in the family. Her household was that of a typical farmer. When she was a child, her father (that is my grandfather) became sick. He was soon bedridden and my mother had to care for him. Life became difficult, so she worked delivering newspapers. She helped her parents a lot.
She did various jobs. She worked in a hotel, in a dental office as an assistant and so on. First, she worked in a spinning factory. She could work in a businesslike way, so she got better pay than co-workers.
I think her best occupation is a nursery school teacher. She studied hard to get the license of it. She was only a junior high school graduate, and didn't like study. She took care of some children who had handicaps. She is very kind and patient. I want to emulate her.