Anna Jarvis, the activist who created Mother’s Day, was a devoted daughter and appreciated her mother very much, but she was often disappointed to find grown children not doing the same with ...

Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother’s Day. Anna's mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, gave her the inspiration she would use to eventually champion the national holiday.

Social activist Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) worked hard to establish Mother's Day after her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, passed away. The idea for the special day was originally Ann's, which she ...

The family of Anna Jarvis, the holiday’s founder, are following in their ancestor’s footsteps — by refusing to recognize the controversial date. Jarvis, born in 1864, wanted moms to have a ...

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.

Many add that, just like Anna Jarvis back in 1908, their mothers have made a special impact on their lives. "I owe everything I am to her and my success to her," Platt added.

When Anna Jarvis first conceived of a day to honor her mother in 1908, she was thinking of a pretty solemn affair, specifically surrounding a special Methodist Sunday church service.

Anna Jarvis, who is generally credited with establishing Mother’s Day, had envisioned this as a day of reverence for our individual mothers, apparently out of deep love for her own mother, Ann ...

So, in the spirt of Anna Jarvis, Happy Mother’s Day—mom! Chris Talgo ([email protected]) is editorial director at The Heartland Institute.

Around 1920, Jarvis started to denounce the commercialization of the day and urged people to stop buying Mother’s Day flowers, cards and candies, History.com reports.

Around 1920, Jarvis started to denounce the commercialization of the day and urged people to stop buying Mother’s Day flowers, cards and candies, History.com reports.

This year, Mother's Day is celebrated in the U.S. on Sunday, May 14. Is Mother's Day the same every year? No. Mother's Day falls on the 2nd Sunday in May.