Anna Jarvis - Wikipedia
Anna Maria Jarvis (May 1, 1864 – November 24, 1948) was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire to establish such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarvis led the movement for the commemoration.
Anna Jarvis | Biography, Mother’s Day, & Facts | Britannica
Jan 1, 2025 · Anna Jarvis (born May 1, 1864, Webster, West Virginia, U.S.—died November 24, 1948, West Chester, Pennsylvania) was an American social activist who is generally recognized as the founder of the legal holiday known as Mother’s Day …
Ann Jarvis - Wikipedia
Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis (September 30, 1832 – May 9, 1905) was a social activist and community organizer during the American Civil War era. She is recognized as the mother who inspired Mother's Day and as a founder of Mother's Day movements, and her daughter, Anna Marie Jarvis (1864–1948), is recognized as the founder of the Mother's Day holiday in the …
The history of Mother's Day: The story of Anna Jarvis
May 13, 2017 · 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 in an asylum.
Anna Jarvis: The woman who regretted creating Mother's Day - BBC
May 10, 2020 · Anna Jarvis's campaign for a special day to celebrate mothers was one she inherited from her own mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis. Mrs Jarvis had spent her life mobilising mothers to...
The Tenacious Woman Who Helped Keep Mother’s Day Alive
May 8, 2015 · Anna Jarvis designed the Mother’s Day celebration in honor of her own mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis. As a young girl, she was inspired by a prayer she once overheard her...
Why the Founder of Mother’s Day Turned Against It | HISTORY
May 10, 2013 · Anna Jarvis, who founded Mother's Day in 1908, passionately opposed its growing commercialization and eventually campaigned against the holiday.
Anna Maria Jarvis - U.S. National Park Service
Anna Maria Jarvis was the primary advocate for establishing Mother’s Day as a holiday, now commemorated annually on the second Sunday of May across the United States. Anna Maria Jarvis was born in Webster, West Virginia, on May 1, …
Anna Jarvis and the Surprising History of Mother’s Day
On May 10, 1908, the first official Mother’s Day celebration took place at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Anna Jarvis organized the event in honor of her late mother, social activist and Sunday school teacher Ann Reeves Jarvis.
The Tenacious Woman Who Helped Deliver Mother’s Day to …
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...