The history of Mother's Day

 Mother's Day is a day of remembrance for moms and other mother figures that is observed worldwide. While the precise beginnings of Mother's Day are up for debate, Anna Jarvis is largely credited with creating the contemporary celebration.

USA's West Virginia is where Anna Jarvis was born in 1864. Ann Reeves Jarvis, her mother, was a social worker who set up "Mother's Day Work Clubs" to enhance sanitation and health in her neighborhood. The clubs also helped treat troops from both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War. In an effort to foster peace between former foes, Ann Jarvis organized "Mother's Friendship Day" after the conflict.

Anna Jarvis led a push for a national holiday to honor all mothers after the passing of her mother in 1905. She started by planning a memorial service for her mother at her Grafton, West Virginia, church. The popularity of this memorial eventually increased as it was held every year.

Mother's Day became an official US national holiday in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as the occasion. Mother's Day was originally supposed to be a straightforward day of recollection when people visited their moms or went to church services to commemorate them, according to Anna Jarvis. However, the sale of greeting cards, flowers, and other presents gradually turned the holiday into a commercial event.

According to reports, Anna Jarvis was dissatisfied with the commercialization of Mother's Day and fought against it for the remainder of her life. She even brought legal action against businesses that advertised their goods as being for "Mother's Day".

Even though the date and customs differ, Mother's Day is now observed in many nations worldwide. While it is observed in the UK on the fourth Sunday of Lent, it is observed on the second Sunday in May in the United States.

The history of Mother's Day is, therefore, a tale of a daughter's devotion to her mother and her efforts to respect all moms. While the holiday has grown more commercialized throughout time, its essential purpose of celebrating and honoring mothers' labors of love and sacrifice has not changed.