In 1908, the U.S. Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother 's Day an official holiday, joking that they would also have to proclaim a "Mother - in - law 's Day ''. However, owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, by 1911 all U.S. states observed the holiday, with some of them officially recognizing Mother 's Day as a local holiday (the first being West Virginia, Jarvis ' home state, in 1910). In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother 's Day, held on the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.
when was mother's day made a national holiday
1914