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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...
4 days ago · See all videos for this article. Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, whose mother had organized women’s groups to promote friendship and health, originated Mother’s Day. On May 12, 1907, she held a memorial service at her late mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia.
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...
Apr 29, 2011 · The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent...
May 8, 2016 · May 8, 20165:16 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. 3-Minute Listen. Playlist. The first official Mother's Day services took place in May 1908 in West Virginia, to honor Anna Jarvis' mother....
