{"id":1966,"date":"2016-04-11T20:05:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T01:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2020-05-29T13:58:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:58:25","slug":"us-mothers-day-origination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yogawithbarbara.net\/?p=1966","title":{"rendered":"US Mothers Day Origination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The modern American holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when\u00a0Anna Jarvis<\/a>\u00a0held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in\u00a0Grafton, West Virginia<\/a>. Today St Andrew’s Methodist Church now holds the\u00a0International Mother’s Day Shrine<\/a>.[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Her campaign to make “Mother’s Day” a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Ann Jarvis had been a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the\u00a0American Civil War<\/a>, and created Mother\u2019s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honor all mothers, because she believed that they were “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world”.[citation needed<\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

In 1908, the\u00a0US Congress<\/a>\u00a0rejected a proposal to make Mother’s Day an official holiday, joking that they would have to proclaim also a “Mother-in-law’s Day”. However, owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, by 1911 all US states observed[clarification needed<\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/sup>\u00a0the holiday, with some of them officially recognizing Mother’s Day as a local holiday,[7]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0the first being West Virginia, Jarvis’ home state, in 1910. In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother’s Day, held on the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

Although Jarvis was successful in founding Mother’s Day, she became resentful of the\u00a0commercialization of the holiday<\/a>. By the early 1920s,\u00a0Hallmark Cards<\/a>\u00a0and other companies had started selling Mother’s Day cards. Jarvis believed that the companies had misinterpreted and exploited the idea of Mother’s Day, and that the emphasis of the holiday was on sentiment, not profit. As a result, she organized boycotts of Mother’s Day, and threatened to issuelawsuits<\/a>\u00a0against the companies involved.[9]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Jarvis argued that people should appreciate and honor their mothers through handwritten letters expressing their love and gratitude, instead of buying gifts and pre-made cards.[8]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Jarvis protested at a candy makers’ convention in\u00a0Philadelphia<\/a>\u00a0in 1923, and at a meeting of\u00a0American War Mothers<\/a>\u00a0in 1925. By this time,carnations<\/a>\u00a0had become associated with Mother’s Day, and the selling of carnations by the American War Mothers to raise money angered Jarvis, who was arrested for\u00a0disturbing the peace<\/a>.[8]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

Jarvis’ holiday was adopted by other countries, and it is now celebrated all over the world.[original research?<\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

Barbara Bannerman Sent from my iPhone<\/span><\/div>\n

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