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Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis (September 30, 1832 – May 9, 1905) was a social activist and community organizer during the American Civil War era. She is recognized as the mother who inspired Mother's Day and as a founder of Mother's Day movements, and her daughter, Anna Marie Jarvis (1864–1948), is recognized as the founder of the Mother's Day holiday in the United States.
- Ann Maria Reeves, September 30, 1832, Culpeper, Virginia, U.S.
- May 9, 1905 (aged 72), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
In 1858, Ann Reeves Jarvis (Anna Jarvis’ mother) organizes "Mothers’ Day Work Clubs" to improve sanitary conditions and stem the appalling infant mortality rates in her community. In her ...
2 days ago · Anna Jarvis (born May 1, 1864, Webster, West Virginia, U.S.—died November 24, 1948, West Chester, Pennsylvania) was an American social activist who is generally recognized as the founder of the legal holiday known as Mother’s Day in the United States and in many other countries.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
7 hours ago · Anna Jarvis was born in Webster, West Virginia in 1864. She was inspired to create Mother's Day by her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, a Sunday school teacher who helped start Mother's Day Work Clubs. At these clubs, the young women were purportedly taught how to care for their children.
May 10, 2013 · Anna Jarvis was the founder of Mother's Day in 1908, but she later opposed its commercialization and campaigning against the holiday. Learn how she fought against the growing commercialization of Mother's Day, sued various groups using the name, and died in poverty in 1948.
- Sarah Pruitt
23 hours ago · Anna Jarvis was obsessed with turning Mother’s Day into a movement. But she was also obsessed with having it be her movement. When Anna created her day, it was the second Sunday in May, because ...
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1 day ago · Mother's Day was an eternal tribute to Anna Jarvis' mother after her death in 1905. According to the BBC, on the second death anniversary of her mother, Anna Jarvis bought 500 white carnations for ...
