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 ...

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 ...

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

With Mother’s Day taking place this Sunday, Executive Director of the Anna Jarvis House in Grafton spoke with us about the ...

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

Mother's Day can be a source of misunderstanding for non-parents. If we wanted kids and didn't have them, we form different ...

At its heart, Mother’s Day is a celebration of gratitude. The act of mothering, nurturing, caring and sacrificing is so ...

Last Sunday was Mother’s Day. In 1908, Anna Jarvis honored her mother, who helped injured Civil War soldiers, with this ...

When I became a mother myself, it never occurred to me to honor the day. Fighting hoards of my fellow New Yorkers for an ...

Jarvis died in May 1907. Her daughter, Anna, who lived in Philadelphia, organized the first official Mother’s Day service in 1908 in memory of her mother. An estimated 15,000 people attended the ...