Few people had as complicated a relationship with Mother’s Day as Anna Jarvis did with the holiday. Despite her tireless campaign to get the holiday recognized by the United States government, Jarvis ...

GRAFTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Anna Jarvis Museum is putting on some special events to celebrate Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis was the founder of Mother’s Day and a native to Taylor County. Her birthplace is ...

Anna Marie Jarvis lobbied for more than a decade to have her nation remember mothers, in honor of her own mother's wishes. Then, she fought to end it. At the end of the 19th century, her mother, Ann ...

There’s a reason why “mother” is singular in Mother’s Day. Founder Anna Jarvis wanted it to be a simple and personal event to celebrate “the best mother who ever lived: yours.” But as the holiday ...

Philadelphia is known as the City of Brotherly Love, but it could also be called the City of Motherly Love. That is because Mother's Day was founded by Philadelphian Anna Jarvis in 1908. "First ...

Mother’s Day means big business for retailers. This year is no different — shoppers will spend an average of $180 per mom. If you hate all of the commercialization behind the day that celebrates moms, ...

Championed by Anna Jarvis, the holiday has a surprising history. — -- Ironically, the founder of Mother’s Day was not a mother herself. Anna Jarvis created the holiday to honor her late mother, ...

White carnations were the favorite flower of Anna Reeves Jarvis, who inspired Mother's Day. Mother's Day may seem like a fairly innocuous holiday for most people, but not for its creator, Anna Jarvis.

Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis worked tirelessly on behalf of the holiday she founded — and then, later, against it. Few people had as complicated a relationship with Mother’s Day as Anna Jarvis did ...

(CNN) -- Mother's Day means big business for retailers. This year is no different -- shoppers will spend an average of $180 per mom. If you hate all of the commercialization behind the day that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Kristine Phillips, The Washington Post While dining at a Philadelphia tearoom owned by her friend John Wanamaker, Anna Jarvis ordered a salad – then ...