The origin of Mother's Day
May. 8th, 2004 02:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avanta7In case you were wondering, Mother's Day in the United States was not created by Hallmark, but by a West Virginia woman named Anna Jarvis, although the greeting card companies certainly hopped on it as quickly as they could. Out of curiosity, I did a web search and found several links explaining Ms. Jarvis's role, as well as providing unattributed information about the holiday's deeper historical background.
Indiaserver.com's version
The Holiday Spot's version (warning -- popups on this one)
Dictionary.com's version
West Virginia Archives & History has more information about Anna Jarvis, and so does International Mother's Day Shrine.
Okay, enough useless web surfing for the day. It's beautiful outside and I've spent most of the day indoors (6 hours OT at the office today). Time to put on my shorts and work in the yard.
Indiaserver.com's version
The Holiday Spot's version (warning -- popups on this one)
Dictionary.com's version
West Virginia Archives & History has more information about Anna Jarvis, and so does International Mother's Day Shrine.
Okay, enough useless web surfing for the day. It's beautiful outside and I've spent most of the day indoors (6 hours OT at the office today). Time to put on my shorts and work in the yard.
