Jarvis spent the majority of her personal wealth on legal fees and lawsuits against companies using “Mother‘s Day” in ...

Mother’s Day ain’t what it used to be. The family of Anna Jarvis, the holiday’s founder, are following in their ancestor’s ...

With Mother’s Day taking place this Sunday, Executive Director of the Anna Jarvis House in Grafton spoke with us about the ...

Mother's Day is this weekend, and its roots are likely deeper than you think. Here's how generations of women shaped the U.S.

Good intentions don’t guarantee desirable outcomes. For example, in 1910, three years following her mother’s death, Anna Jarvis began the observance of Mother’s Day in Grafton, WV. Jarvis planned a ...

Jarvis filed dozens of lawsuits against businesses misusing the term “Mother’s Day.” Then it got confrontational. In 1923, she protested a candy makers’ convention in Philadelphia and was arrested in ...

The so-called “mother” of Mother’s Day is Anna Jarvis, a copywriter from West Virginia. Born during the Civil War, Anna ...

Two years after her mother's death, Anna wanted a day to honor the women who play an instrumental role in their children's ...

Anna Jarvis spearheaded the effort to make Mother's Day a national holiday, she later grew to despise the holiday for being ...

Mother's Day, celebrated on the second Sunday of May, honors mothers and maternal figures for their love and sacrifices.

Mother's Day, which arrives in May in the U.S., is celebrated around the globe in different ways and at different times of ...