Mother's Day in the United States is celebrated annually on the second Sunday in May, and it has become a widely recognized and beloved holiday. While many people view it as an opportunity to celebrate their own mothers and the mothers in their lives, few know the history behind the holiday's origins.
The concept of Mother's Day can be traced back to ancient civilizations, but the modern holiday as we know it in the United States was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, who had passed away three years earlier. Ann Reeves Jarvis was a social activist who had organized groups of women to work on public health issues, and Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother's work by creating a holiday
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