Anna Jarvis: The Mother of Mother's Day
Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother’s Day, never had children of her own. We revisit this conversation with Dr. Katharine Antolini, history professor at West Virginia Wesleyan College, who tells us that Jarvis was a tireless campaigner for the movement to honor mothers—and a fierce defender of her personal vision for the day.
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