Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis realized that she had lost control of the holiday she helped create.

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President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day, a holiday that was intended to celebrate “the best mother in the world, your mother.” ...

The original Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908, and President Woodrow Wilson made it an official holiday in the ...

When it comes to divisive holidays, Mother's Day might take the cake. The holiday, while heartwarming in many aspects, can ...

Anna Tong is a correspondent for Reuters based in San Francisco, where she reports on the technology industry. She joined Reuters in 2023 after working at the San Francisco Standard as a data editor.

Know the fascinating history of Mother's Day, from its roots in activism and peace efforts by Ann Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe to its commercialization and Anna Jarvis's regret.

Though it started in the U.S. in the early 1900s, the earliest ideas of the holiday can be traced to ancient Greek and Roman ...