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Mother's Day 2024: Date, History, Theme, Significance And More Explored

Mother's Day 2024: Date, History, Theme, Significance And More Explored
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What is the history of Mother's Day? Find out how the Greeks and Romans celebrated motherhood

Mother's Day is a global holiday that has a rich and unique history, with its earliest celebrations dating back to the ancient Greeks and Romans.

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The West Virginian Who Created Mother's Day And Regretted It

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Anna Jarvis grew up in Grafton, West Virginia in the late 1800s. She was one of 11 children but one of just four of the children who lived to adulthood. As the oldest daughter, she shared a close bond with her mother. Anna often wrote her mother letters and took care of her as she developed heart conditions. She died in 1905.
Her mother’s death led Jarvis to devote her life to the holiday now recognized as International Mother’s Day.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Duncan Slade spoke with Katharine Antolini, a history and gender studies professor at West Virginia Wesleyan University and the author of

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