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Sonora Louise Smart Dodd (February 18, 1882 – March 22, 1978) was the daughter of American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, and was responsible for the founding of Father's Day.
Jun 14, 2018 · The story goes that William’s daughter, Sonora Smart Dodd, was attending one of the first official Mother’s Day services in 1909 at her church in Spokane, Washington, when she had an...
Jun 18, 2023 · Sonora Smart Dodd lobbied local church and public officials for its creation. In the years that followed, Father’s Day grew to become an international event and Dodd lived to see President Richard Nixon declare it an official U.S. holiday in 1972. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green, File) Read More. By John Rogers. Published 5:02 AM PDT, June 18, 2023.
Jun 16, 2023 · In 1898, Sonora Louise Smart Dodd was just 16 years old when her mother died. Her newly widowed father, Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was left to raise Dodd and her five...
Jun 20, 2021 · Sonora Smart Dodd wanted to honor her widowed dad, a farmer and Civil War veteran. She partnered with big business to make it happen.
Father's Day was founded in Spokane, Washington, at the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd, who was born in Arkansas. Its first celebration was in the Spokane YMCA on June 19, 1910. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there.
Jun 18, 2023 · The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington.
Jun 18, 2023 · Dodd, who died at age 96 in 1978, had lived to see her dream come true. A Renaissance woman, the Mother of Father’s Day was a painter, poet and businesswoman, running a funeral home with her...
Jun 16, 2023 · Sonora Louise Smart Dodd is known as the “Mother of Father’s Day.” She began trying to make Father’s Day an officially recognized holiday in 1909. Sonora Smart was born on February 18, 1882, in Jenny Lind (Sebastian County), the daughter of William Jackson Smart, a farmer and Civil War veteran, and Ellen Victoria Cheek Smart. She was ...
Jun 18, 2023 · The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington.
