Memorializing Motherhood: Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother's Day
(Part of the West Virginia and Appalachia Series)
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Few know the name Anna Jarvis, yet on the second Sunday in May, we mail the card, buy the flowers, place the phone call, or make the brunch reservation to honor our mothers, all because of her. Anna Jarvis organized the first official Mother's Day celebration in Grafton, West Virginia in 1908 and then spent decades promoting the holiday and defending it from commercialization. She designed her Mother's Day celebration around a sentimental...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1938228944
ISBN13:9781938228940
Release Date:April 2017
Publisher:West Virginia University Press
Length:220 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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