Mother's Day did not become an official U.S. holiday until 1914, largely due to the perseverance of Anna Jarvis (1864-1948). Herself the mother of eleven children (four of whom lived to adulthood), Anna asked the minister at her church to give a sermon in her mother's memory following her death in 1905. He honored Mrs. Jarvis and all mothers with a special Mother's Day service.
Anna Jarvis then tirelessly wrote to congressmen, asking them to set aside a day to honor all mothers. In 1910, the governor of West Virginia proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. So as not to appear unsympathetic to their mothers and wives, a year later every state celebrated it.
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