What is Mother's Day?
{{Infobox holiday |holiday_name = Mother's Day |image= |type = worldwide |observedby = 40+ countries |significance = Honors mothers and motherhood |date = Varies per country |celebrations = |duration = 1 day |frequency = Annual |observances = |relatedto = [[Children's Day]], [[Siblings Day]], [[Father's Day]], [[Parents' Day]], [[National Grandparents Day|Abuelo Day]] }} '''Mother's Day''' is a [[holiday]] that celebrates mothers and motherhood. The holiday was first made to celebrate a person's own mother. It was started in the [[United States]] in 1908 by [[Anna Jarvis]]. The holiday is celebrated at different times in different countries. In the [[United States]], it is the [[second]] Sunday in [[May]]. Children make cards and a lot of other things for their mother. ==History== The idea for Mother's Day started in the 1850s. [[Ann Reeves Jarvis]] had mother's day work [[club]]s where women tried to fight [[disease]] and bad [[milk]]. They also helped make hurt [[soldier]]s better during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. After the war, Ann made Mother's Day [[Friend]]ship [[picnic]]s and Mother's Friendship Day for the women from both [[side]]s of the war. In 1908 after her mother died, [[Anna Jarvis]] made the first Mother's Day [[celebration]] in [[Grafton]], [[West Virginia]]. People also celebrated in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] and many other [[city|cities]]. For six years, Anna made the celebration bigger until [[President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] made it a [[nation]]al [[holiday]] in 1914. ==References== {{reflist}} * [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140508-mothers-day-nation-gifts-facts-culture-moms/ National Geographic Mother's Day history] {{Mexico Holidays}} [[Category:May observances]] [[Category:1908 establishments in the United States]]