T he "Mother" of our modern Mother's Day holiday is a woman called Anna Jarvis. Ironically, she was not a mother herself, but was inspired by the activist work of her own mother who had spent her life planning that one day a year should be set aside to recognize the unique contribution that Mothers made to families and to society at large.
Sadly, her mother never realized her dream by the time she died in 1905. So, being a loving daughter, Anna Jarvis decided to commit her life to ensuring her mother's dream was fulfilled. Anna recruited a team of supporters and they continually wrote letters to the movers and shakers in Government and Business.
After 5 years, their hard work paid off and in 1911 almost every State had a Mother's Day on the calendar. But the final triumph came in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson made an official proclamation, designating the second Sunday of May as, "Mother's Day". Anna Jarvis had kept her promise to her beloved mother. | 
