Happy Mother's Day
An unidentified mother poses with her two daughters.
In 1872, Julia Ward Howe (author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic) suggested a national Mother's Day in the United States. In 1907, Ana Jarvis campaigned to celebrate the anniversary of her mother's death (the second Sunday in May) as Mothers Day.
In 1908, the entire city of Philadelphia celebrated Mother's Day. By 1911 nearly every state in the United States honored their mothers on second Sunday in May. President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed Mother's Day a national holiday in 1914.
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