While dining at a Philadelphia tearoom owned by her friend John Wanamaker, Anna Jarvis ordered a salad — then dumped it on the floor. Jarvis hated that the dish was called “Mother’s Day ...

The real history of Mother's Day is fraught with resentment and tragedy as its founder, Anna Jarvis, would eventually come to campaign against the holiday for the rest of her life. ArtBackground ...

However, it was Jarvis’ daughter, Anna, who would go on to campaign for the adoption of Mother’s Day as a national holiday. Although the younger Jarvis’ vision stood in stark contrast with ...

Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis was dining at the Tea Room at Wanamaker’s department store in Philadelphia. She saw they were offering a “Mother’s Day Salad.” ...

Jarvis died in May 1907. Her daughter, Anna, who lived in Philadelphia, organized the first official Mother’s Day service in 1908 in memory of her mother. An estimated 15,000 people attended the ...

Anna Jarvis was born in 1864 in West Virginia. She was one of her mother's more than 12 children -- though most died from diseases like measles. During the Civil War, Anna's mother, Ann Maria ...

But it is the polar opposite of what the day’s founder, Anna Jarvis, actually intended. Born in Webster, West Virginia in 1864, Anna Jarvis was one of 13 children, although just four lived to ...

Mother's Day in the U.S. is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, while in Mexico it's celebrated annually on May 10. The modern Mother's Day originated with Ann Jarvis's efforts to promote ...

The American version of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908, but it didn’t become an official U.S. holiday until 1914. This year, Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 11 ...

Mother's Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914, according to History. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Mother’s Day is a ...

The Enquirer'sJust Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. Mother’s Day has been observed for more than 100 years as a celebration of ...