Two years after her mother's death, Anna wanted a day to honor the women who play an instrumental role in their children's ...

Jarvis spent the majority of her personal wealth on legal fees and lawsuits against companies using “Mother‘s Day” in ...

Mother's Day is this weekend, and its roots are likely deeper than you think. Here's how generations of women shaped the U.S.

Jarvis filed dozens of lawsuits against businesses misusing the term “Mother’s Day.” Then it got confrontational. In 1923, ...

Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis was dining at the Tea Room at Wanamaker’s department store in Philadelphia.

Anna Jarvis spearheaded the effort to make Mother's Day a national holiday, she later grew to despise the holiday for being ...

MOTHER’S DAY WAS DESIGNATED BY PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON IN 1914 AFTER LOBBYING BY ANNA JARVIS, DAUGHTER OF COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ANN MARIA JARVIS, WHO HAD BELIEVED THAT MOTHERS PLAY A SPECIAL ...

The so-called “mother” of Mother’s Day is Anna Jarvis, a copywriter from West Virginia. Born during the Civil War, Anna ...

Trish Rudder Here in West Virginia, we have a lot to be thankful for in celebrating Mother’s Day in the United States. In ...

The second Sunday in May was never intended to be a Hallmark kind of day. All that Anna Jarvis ever wanted was a day of public expression to show love ...

Anna Maria Jarvis (1864-1948) is given credit for the establishment of Mother’s Day. It was first observed in Miss Jarvis’ ...