Mother's Day

Happy May! Sadly this is our last article:( Thank you so much for taking the time to read our articles!! In this article, you can read about the history of Mother's Day and how it came to be. 

First, let’s talk about who created it. Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia—whose mother had organized women's groups to promote friendship and health— originated Mother's Day. On May 12, 1907, she held a memorial service at her late mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia. Within five years virtually every state was observing the day.In 1914 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson made it a national holiday. Although Jarvis had promoted the wearing of a white carnation as a tribute to her mother, the custom developed of wearing a red or pink carnation to represent a living mother or a white carnation for a deceased mother. Over time, the day was expanded to include others, such as grandmothers and aunts who played mothering roles. What had originally been primarily a day of honor became associated with the sending of cards and the giving of gifts; however, in protest against its commercialization, Jarvis spent the last years of her life trying to abolish the holiday she had brought into being. Festivals honoring mothers and mother goddesses date to ancient times. The Phrygians held a festival for Cybele, the Great Mother of the Gods, as did the Greeks for the goddess Rhea. Likewise, the Romans adapted the practice to their pantheon. Some countries have continued to observe ancient festivals; for example, Durga-puja, honoring the goddess Durga, remains an important festival in India.

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