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The Mothers Day Story A West Virginian Founded a Billion Dollar Holiday
The piece covers Miss Anna M. Jarvis who, influenced by her mother Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis, promoted Mother’s Day. It notes her efforts after Civil War tensions, the first service in 1908, and President Wilson’s proclamation. It cites a $1 billion gift value estimate and floral symbolism.
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State
Grafton
Anna M. Jarvis
Anna Reeves Jarvis
Florence Wilkinson
Sunday Dominion Post
Miss Jarvis
Philadelphia
Jarvises
Miss Anna
Mrs. Wilkinson
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
May
Mary
Mother of Christ
United States
Australia
Japan
England
Scotland
Ireland
Germany
Belgium
Denmark
Mexico
Canada
Africa
Cybele
Rhea
Great Britain