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Mother's Day (United States) Jarvis then campaigned to establish Mother's Day first as a U.S. national holiday and then later as an international holiday.[16] The holiday was declared officially by the state of West Virginia in 1910, and the rest of the states followed quickly.[4]
Mother's Day (United States) In 1868, Ann Jarvis, mother of Anna Jarvis, created a committee to establish a "Mother's Friendship Day", the purpose of which was "to reunite families that had been divided during the Civil War." Jarvis – who had previously organized "Mother's Day Work Clubs" to improve sanitation and health for both Union and Confederate encampments undergoing a typhoid outbreak – wanted to expand this into an annual memorial for mothers, but she died in 1905 before the celebration became popular.[4][5] Her daughter, who became almost obsessed with her, would continue her mother's efforts.