Anna Jarvis founded Mother’s Day, then fought for decades against its commercialization, draining what wealth she had. She died alone and penniless.

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 ...

Anna Jarvis, who launched the Mother’s Day movement in 1908 in honor of her own remarkable mother, would have had very complicated feelings about what the day has become, says Katharine Lane ...

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

Founder Anna Jarvis may not have wanted Mother's Day to become a retail juggernaut but that hasn't stopped children from buying gifts, flowers, and sweets to honor their mothers.

Anna Jarvis spent decades fighting an uphill battle to keep Mother’s Day from becoming the commercialized holiday that it is today.

After Anna Jarvis inspired many others to follow her lead and write their mothers letters of gratitude, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation for the first national Mother's Day in 1914.

Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother’s Day. Anna's mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, gave her the inspiration she would use to eventually champion the national holiday.

Anna Jarvis spearheaded the effort to make Mother's Day a national holiday, she later grew to despise the holiday for being overly commercialized.

Mother's Day celebrations in the U.S. began around the 20th century, thanks to Anna Jarvis. Jarvis was the daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis, who was responsible for creating the Mothers’ Day Work ...