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Home / Kids and Teens / People and Society / Holidays and Celebrations / Mother's Day / History
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- About Mother's Day: What You Need to Know - Facts about the history of the observance, from ancient holidays to the efforts of Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis -- and how the founder of Mother's Day ended up arrested for trying to stop its overcommercialization.
womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa020506a.htm
- All About Mother's Day - Traces the holiday from the earliest celebrations to the present day.
www.21stcenturyplaza.com/taste/mothers.html
- Biography Features - Mother's Day - The story of how Mother's Day began, along with biographical sketches of 100 famous mothers.
www.biography.com/features/mother
- Mother's Day - Explains the origins of how this holiday came about, and how it is celebrated.
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/canadian_tourism/34359
- Mother's Day on the Net - The Story - Tells the story behind the holiday.
www.holidays.net/mother/story.htm
- Mother's Day: A History - A detailed history of Mother's Day in America. From About.com.
americanhistory.about.com/homework/americanhistory/library/weekly/aa050499.htm
- Roman Roots and English Customs - Learn about the Greeko-Roman roots of Mother's Day celebrations and the English customs originating in the Middle Ages.
www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/mother/ancienthist.htm
- The Mother of Mothers Day - Tells the story of Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis, the mother behind the national observance.
www.rootsweb.com/~wvtaylor/mother.htm
- The Origin of Mother's Day in the United States - Learn all about the contributions of three ladies -- Julia Ward Howe, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley and Anna Jarvis -- who have given Mother's Day its present status in U.S.
www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/mother/history.htm
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