Katherine Jackson

Katherine Esther Jackson is the matriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes her children Michael and Janet Jackson. Jackson was born as Kattie B. Screws in Clayton, Alabama the elder daughter of Martha and Prince Albert Screws. Jackson contracted polio at age two, which left her with a noticeable limp. In 1934, her father changed his surname to Scruse and renamed her Katherine Esther Scruse.