Mother’s Day has been observed for more than 100 years as a celebration of moms across the U.S. and even overseas. It was ...

Mother's Day is about expressing how much you appreciate everything your mom does, and what better way to do that than with a ...

Jarvis set out to establish Mother’s Day after the death of her own mother, whose dream it was to see such a holiday become a ...

After successfully advocating for designation of a national Mother's Day to honor her mom, Anna Jarvis fought its ...

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

You can go back to the 1800s and catch a glimpse of Anna Jarvis’s life anytime the museum is open for a price of five dollars ...

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

Anna Jarvis was born in 1864 in West Virginia. She was one of her mother's more than 12 children -- though most died from diseases like measles. During the Civil War, Anna's mother, Ann Maria ...

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

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 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 ...