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 ...

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 ...

Jarvis spent the majority of her personal wealth on legal fees and lawsuits against companies using “Mother‘s Day” in ...

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

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 ...

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

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. During the Civil War, Anna's mother, Ann Maria ...

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 ...

Mother's Day in the U.S. is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, while in Mexico it's celebrated annually on May 10. The modern Mother's Day originated with Ann Jarvis's efforts to promote ...

Suffragist and writer Julia Ward Howe first suggested the idea of Mother’s Day in the United States in 1872. Howe was a ...

Let me be among the first to extend warm wishes to all mothers across the great state as we pause to honor and celebrate ...