The History of Mother’s Day
I love researching the stories behind our modern holidays. Who created it? Why? How did it become popular? Mother’s Day isn’t considered one of the “big” holidays, but it’s certainly an important one to all us mothers out there. And while it may have become a bit commercial over the years, at its heart, Mother’s Day was meant to give sincere tribute to the never-ending work of motherhood. How It All Began In the U.S., Mother’s Day has its roots in the Civil War period when a West Virginian named Ann Reeves Jarvis organized local Mother’s Day Work Clubs teaching mothers how to best care for their children. These clubs expanded to bring together families that had been divided during the war. Quite unrelated, a few years later, activist and women’s suffragist Julia Ward Howe began campaigning for a national Mother’s Day for Peace. Her vision was for a day … Continue reading
