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{{Infobox character
|name = Helen McIntire
|image = Image:HelenMcIntire.jpg
|imagewidth = 200px
|fullname = Helen Culver<ref>Molly's maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Culver.</ref> McIntire
|firstappearance = ''[[Meet Molly]]''
|mother = [[Minor Characters in Molly's Series#Grammy Culver|Grammy Culver]]
|father = [[Minor Characters in Molly's Series#Frank Culver|Frank Culver]]
|siblings = [[Eleanor Culver]] (younger sister)
|husband = [[James McIntire]]
|son = [[Ricky McIntire]]<br>[[Brad McIntire]]
|daughter = [[Jill McIntire]]<br>[[Molly McIntire]]
}}
'''Helen McIntire''' is the mother of [[Molly McIntire]]; she calls her "Mom."

==Personality and Facts==
Helen works at the Red Cross as a nurse. She is considered very shy and doesn't speak in front of others easily. She's quite timid. She's a very kind and nice woman. Sometimes she's too easygoing when it comes to punishing her children.

==In the Books==
===[[Meet Molly]]: An American Girl===
<!-- Helen comes home from her job at the Red Cross to see Molly still at the table with a pile of mashed turnips on Molly's plate. She warms up the turnips and adds some sugar from their ration and cinnamon so it'll taste a bit better. She shares a story to Molly that she hated sardines, so she would put them in napkins and hide them in her pocket, leading to some trouble with her cats. She tells Molly that although the war has changed things, some things are still the same. She helps Molly and her friends make Hawaiian outfits and says that she'll take a picture of the girls when they come back. She later punishes Ricky by having him give his candy to the girls. She gives out more punishments when Molly gets her own revenge against Ricky, saying that anger and revenge is what starts wars. This needs to be properly expanded-->

===[[Molly Learns a Lesson]]: A School Story===


===[[Molly's Surprise]]: A Christmas Story===


===[[Happy Birthday, Molly!]]: A Springtime Story===


===[[Changes for Molly]]: A Winter Story===

===[[Molly and the Movie Star]]===
Helen is aware that Melody Moore is a famous actress, and she's proud of Molly for knowing the most about war bonds in her class. She asks Molly how much money she was supposed to bring in for the war bond money, and suggests Molly could give up her movie money for the next two weeks to earn the remainder. When Mrs. Gilford suggests Molly could earn the remaining money by doing chores, she agrees with the plan and tells Molly she'll give her the money Friday if Mrs. Gilford says she's done the chores to her satisfaction.

That Friday, Mom asks Mrs. Gilford how Molly did with the chores. When Mrs. Gilford states that Molly didn't sort the laundry, she asks Molly if she would sort the laundry after school. Molly's promise is enough for her, and she hands Molly the remaining money. Later that evening, Mrs. Gilford explains that Helen wouldn't be home until late, and she would drop off the clothes that needed mending at her house while on her way to the rally.

Helen arrives home after Molly has gone to bed, and she accidentally takes the sock with the war bond money in it, thinking that it needed to go with the mending to Mrs. Gilford's house.

===[[Molly's A+ Partner]]===

===[[The Light in the Cellar]]===

==In the [[Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front|Film]]==
She is played by '''[[wikipedia:Molly Ringwald|Molly Ringwald]]'''.

==References and Footnotes==
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