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Tracing the history of Mother’s Day through ages
The piece outlines ancient Greek rites to honor Rhea, the Mother of the Gods, and the English Mothering Sunday tradition of the 1600s. It covers the shift toward honoring mothers and the church, the U S push by Julia Ward Howe and Ann Jarvis, and Woodrow Wilson’s 1914 proclamation establishing a national day on the second Sunday of May.
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Rhea
England
Europe
United States
Julia Ward Howe
Howe
Boston
Ann __ Jarvis
Philadelphia
Jarvis
Grafton
West Virginia
Ms. Jarvis
Woodrow Wilson
Denmark
Finland
Italy
Turkey
Australia
Belgium