How Mother's Day Started
Mother's Day Fact of Life
Anna Jarvis, a school teacher and daughter of a Methodist minister, wanted a way to honor her mother after she died in 1905.
She decided a special day to honor all mothers would be a good way, so she launched a letter-writing campaign to tell influential people, including the president, about her plans for Mother’s Day.
Mother’s Day became nationally observed under President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.