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- Ann Jarvis urged members of the Mothers’ Day Work Clubs to remain neutral and to care for both Union soldiers and Confederate soldiers. In 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War, she reportedly organized a Mothers’ Friendship Day to promote reconciliation between Union veterans and Confederate veterans and their families.
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May 13, 2017 · In 1858, Ann Reeves Jarvis (Anna Jarvis’ mother) organizes "Mothers’ Day Work Clubs" to improve sanitary conditions and stem the appalling infant mortality rates in her...
She created Mother's Day out of love for her own mother but was shocked by how it became commercialised.
May 13, 2017 · In the wake of the Civil War, Ann Reeves Jarvis (Anna Jarvis’ mother) coordinates a Mothers’ Friendship Day in West Virginia to bring former foes on the battlefield back together...
Anna Maria Jarvis (May 1, 1864 – November 24, 1948) was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire to establish such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarvis led the movement for the commemoration.
May 11, 2023 · The Mother’s Day we celebrate on the second Sunday in May exists largely due to the incessant efforts—some might say maniacal single-mindedness—of a woman named Anna Jarvis. But Jarvis...
May 9, 2019 · In 1858, Mother Jarvis began organizing Mothers’ Day Work Clubs in different communities throughout western Virginia. These clubs provided education and assistance to young mothers in an effort to reduce infant mortality rates and suppress the spread of disease.
