Mother's Day

The modern Mother’s Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia, as a day to honormothers and motherhood; especially within the context of families, and family relationships. It is now celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, some of which have a much older tradition than the modern holiday (e.g. dating to the 16th century in the UK). Father’s Day is a corresponding holiday honoringfathers.

The holiday eventually became so commercialized that many, including its founder, Anna Jarvis, considered it a “Hallmark Holiday”, i.e. one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. Anna ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create.

Mother's day cake