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After successfully advocating for designation of a national Mother's Day to honor her mom, Anna Jarvis fought its ...
Mother’s Day has been observed for more than 100 years as a celebration of moms across the U.S. and even overseas. It was ...
Jarvis set out to establish Mother’s Day after the death of her own mother, whose dream it was to see such a holiday become a ...
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Country Living on MSNWhy Did the Creator of Mother’s Day Spend Her Life Regretting It?Mother's Day is about expressing how much you appreciate everything your mom does, and what better way to do that than with a ...
Jarvis spent the majority of her personal wealth on legal fees and lawsuits against companies using “Mother‘s Day” in ...
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WTAP on MSNThis Is Home: Mother’s Day and its W.Va. originWith Mother’s Day taking place this Sunday, Executive Director of the Anna Jarvis House in Grafton spoke with us about the ...
Mother's Day is this weekend, and its roots are likely deeper than you think. Here's how generations of women shaped the U.S.
The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville ...
Good intentions don’t guarantee desirable outcomes. For example, in 1910, three years following her mother’s death, Anna Jarvis began the observance of Mother’s Day in Grafton, WV. Jarvis planned a ...
Anna Jarvis spearheaded the effort to make Mother's Day a national holiday, she later grew to despise the holiday for being ...
Suffragist and writer Julia Ward Howe first suggested the idea of Mother’s Day in the United States in 1872. Howe was a ...
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