Father’s Day was first celebrated as a holiday two years after the first Mother’s Day celebration, which took place in 1908 and was created thanks to the dedication of Anna Jarvis, as previously ...

While dining at a Philadelphia tearoom owned by her friend John Wanamaker, Anna Jarvis ordered a salad — then dumped it on the floor. Jarvis hated that the dish was called “Mother’s Day ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. How did the idea of a day to honor mothers become such a focus of Anna Jarvis ...

The real history of Mother's Day is fraught with resentment and tragedy as its founder, Anna Jarvis, would eventually come to campaign against the holiday for the rest of her life. ArtBackground ...

The Mother’s Day we celebrate on the second Sunday in May exists largely due to the incessant efforts—some might say maniacal single-mindedness—of a woman named Anna Jarvis. But Jarvis wasn ...

When Anna Jarvis established the first Mother’s Day observance in 1908, Sonora Smart Dodd wasn’t far behind her. Dodd, who ...

Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis was dining at the Tea Room at Wanamaker’s department store in Philadelphia. She saw they were offering a “Mother’s Day Salad.” ...

The American version of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908, but it didn’t become an official U.S. holiday until 1914. This year, Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 11 ...

Mother's Day in the U.S. is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, while in Mexico it's celebrated annually on May 10. The modern Mother's Day originated with Ann Jarvis's efforts to promote ...