Mother’s Day ain’t what it used to be. The family of Anna Jarvis, the holiday’s founder, are following in their ancestor’s ...

Before it became a festival of flowers, cards, and brunches, Mother’s Day was born from a daughter’s grief and a mother’s ...

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

With Mother’s Day taking place this Sunday, Executive Director of the Anna Jarvis House in Grafton spoke with us about the ...

The origin of Mother's Day is not unique to modernity. Since ancient times, civilizations have worshipped the mother figure.

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.

Did you know the founder of Mother's Day despised greeting cards, candy, and bouquets of flowers, and that she was arrested ...

In all the years since Woodrow Wilson signed the Mother’s Day Proclamation on May 9, 1914, phone calls to moms have always ...

Good intentions don’t guarantee desirable outcomes. For example, in 1910, three years following her mother’s death, Anna Jarvis began the observance of Mother’s Day in Grafton, WV. Jarvis planned a ...

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