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Anna Maria Jarvis (May 1, 1864 – November 24, 1948) was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire to establish such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarvis led the movement for the commemoration.
Anna Jarvis (born May 1, 1864, Webster, West Virginia, U.S.—died November 24, 1948, West Chester, Pennsylvania) 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.
May 9, 2020 · 9 May 2020. By Vibeke Venema,BBC Stories. Getty Images. The woman responsible for the creation of Mother's Day, marked in many countries on the second Sunday in May, would have approved of the...
May 13, 2017 · By Laura T. Coffey. Anna Jarvis founded Mother’s Day to honor her beloved mother, then spent the rest of her life fighting the holiday’s commercial and political exploitation. She died alone ...
May 11, 2023 · Anna Jarvis, founder of the modern version of Mother's Day, fought against the the commercialization of the holiday, working to protect it from "the hordes of money schemers." Photograph by...
May 8, 2015 · ARTS & CULTURE. The Tenacious Woman Who Helped Keep Mother’s Day Alive. For Anna Jarvis, a holiday devoted to moms was not sentimental fluff, but a practical exercise in patriotism. Katharine...
May 7, 2015 · Anna Jarvis, who deserves credit for the holiday’s popularity and organized the first official Mother’s Day services on May 10, 1908, in her hometown of Grafton, West Virginia, and in her...
