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==History==

==History==

Mother's Day was first celebrated on a large scale in the churches and Sunday schools of Philadelphia in 1908. The founder of Mother's Day was Anna Jarvis (1864-1948), whose mother had died on May 9, 1905. Jarvis' mother, Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis (1832-1905) had been a pillar of the local community. Her life revolved around the Andrews Methodist Church, which she helped to build. She had organized a series of "Mothers' Day Work Clubs" devoted to improving health and sanitation in area towns;<ref>[http://www.wvculture.org/History/jarvis.html Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis], West Virginia State Archives</ref> these clubs assisted both Union and Confederate encampments in combatting an outbreak of typhoid fever, and conducted a "Mothers' Friendship Day" to help in reconciling families divided by the Civil War.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvtaylor/mother.htm The Mother of Mother's Day], rootsweb</ref> As a memorial, her daughter dedicated her life to the establishment and promotion of a national, and then an international Mother's Day.  

Mother's Day was first celebrated on a large scale in the churches and Sunday schools of Philadelphia in 1908. The founder of Mother's Day was Anna Jarvis (1864-1948), whose mother had died on May 9, 1905. Jarvis' mother, Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis (1832-1905) had been a pillar of the local community. Her life revolved around the Andrews Methodist Church, which she helped to build. She had organized a series of "Mothers' Day Work Clubs" devoted to improving health and sanitation in area towns;<ref>[http://www.wvculture.org/History/jarvis.html Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis], West Virginia State Archives</ref> these clubs assisted both Union and Confederate encampments in combating an outbreak of typhoid fever, and conducted a "Mothers' Friendship Day" to help in reconciling families divided by the Civil War.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvtaylor/mother.htm The Mother of Mother's Day], rootsweb</ref> As a memorial, her daughter dedicated her life to the establishment and promotion of a national, and then an international Mother's Day.  

In 1907, at her behest, the Andrews Methodist Church of Grafton, West Virginia to hold a "Mother’s Day service," which is sometimes regarded as the "first celebration of Mother's Day," and donated five hundred carnations for the mothers in the congregation to wear. Next year, the church officially proclaimed the date to be Mother’s Day, and Grafton florists sold out of carnations.<ref name=ah>Johnson, James P. (1979), "[http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1979/3/1979_3_14.shtml How Mother Got Her Day],", ''American Heritage,'' '''30'''(1), April/May 1979: (Anna Reeves Jarvis' death on second Sunday of 1905, first "Mother's Day service" at Andrews Memorial Church of Grafton, Va, florists selling out of carnations the following year)</ref>  A 1915 book says that while planning the service,

In 1907, at her behest, the Andrews Methodist Church of Grafton, West Virginia to hold a "Mother’s Day service," which is sometimes regarded as the "first celebration of Mother's Day," and donated five hundred carnations for the mothers in the congregation to wear. Next year, the church officially proclaimed the date to be Mother’s Day, and Grafton florists sold out of carnations.<ref name=ah>Johnson, James P. (1979), "[http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1979/3/1979_3_14.shtml How Mother Got Her Day],", ''American Heritage,'' '''30'''(1), April/May 1979: (Anna Reeves Jarvis' death on second Sunday of 1905, first "Mother's Day service" at Andrews Memorial Church of Grafton, Va, florists selling out of carnations the following year)</ref>  A 1915 book says that while planning the service,