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Matilda Cuomo

  • “I really believe that volunteerism is the cure for every negative emotion — boredom, loneliness, unhappiness. Busyness takes away the pain. And think of all the positive things you can create by helping just one person lead a better life. A simple act of kindness can change the world.”

    • Matilda Cuomo,
    • in Beth Benatovich, ed., What We Know So Far ()

Matilda Cuomo, U.S. founder of Mentoring USA, activist for women and children, political figure

(1936)

Full name: Matilda Raffa Cuomo.