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Sonora Louise Smart Dodd (February 18, 1882 – March 22, 1978) was the daughter of American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, and was responsible for the founding of Father's Day.
Jun 14, 2018 · The story goes that William’s daughter, Sonora Smart Dodd, was attending one of the first official Mother’s Day services in 1909 at her church in Spokane, Washington, when she had an...
Jun 16, 2023 · In 1898, Sonora Louise Smart Dodd was just 16 years old when her mother died. Her newly widowed father, Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was left to raise Dodd and her five younger...
Jun 18, 2023 · By John Rogers. Published 5:02 AM PDT, June 18, 2023. LOS ANGELES (AP) — You could call her the mother of Father’s Day. The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington.
Jun 18, 2023 · Arts Jun 18, 2023 1:30 PM EDT. LOS ANGELES (AP) — You could call her the mother of Father’s Day. The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane...
Jun 20, 2021 · Sonora Smart Dodd sat in the pews of Central Methodist Episcopal Church in Spokane, Wash., on May 9, 1909, as her pastor extolled the virtues of mothers. Mother’s Day had only been invented...
Jun 15, 2018 · Sonora Smart Dodd was one of six kids her father raised after her mother died. By ABC News. June 15, 2018, 7:55 AM. 0:59. Sonora Smart Dodd is recognized as the founder of Father's Day. Visit ...
Dec 30, 2009 · The next year, a Spokane, Washington, woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She...
Jun 16, 2023 · Sonora Louise Smart Dodd is known as the “Mother of Father’s Day.”. She began trying to make Father’s Day an officially recognized holiday in 1909. Sonora Smart was born on February 18, 1882, in Jenny Lind ( Sebastian County ), the daughter of William Jackson Smart, a farmer and Civil War veteran, and Ellen Victoria Cheek Smart.
Jun 18, 2023 · NATION. The woman who founded Father's Day was a renegade, great-granddaughter says. John Rogers. Associated Press. View Comments. 0:04. 1:30. Los Angeles — You could call her the mother of...
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