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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can go back to the 1800s and catch a glimpse of Anna Jarvis’s life anytime the museum is open for a price of five dollars.

Jarvis spent the majority of her personal wealth on legal fees and lawsuits against companies using “Mother‘s Day” in advertising. She never married, never had children and died in 1948, having ...

Anna Jarvis spearheaded the effort to make Mother's Day a national holiday, she later grew to despise the holiday for being overly commercialized.

Good intentions don’t guarantee desirable outcomes. For example, in 1910, three years following her mother’s death, Anna Jarvis began the observance of Mother’s Day in Grafton, WV. Jarvis planned a ...