Mother's Day: “The best mother who ever lived - your mother”

Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May every year.

Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May every year. Source: Getty Images/India Picture

Mother’s day is celebrated everywhere. People show honor and pay tribute to mothers on this day.

The person behind this ‘Mother’s Day’ is Anna Jarvis. She is widely credited with making this holiday an institution in the U.S. and across the globe.

In 1850s women in West Virginia in the U.S. organized Mother’s Day work clubs that worked to reduce infant mortality and improve sanitary conditions for mothers and families.

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During the Civil War, these groups also cared for wounded soldiers from both sides.

Anna’s mother, Ann Jarvis organized many Mother’s Day work club events. Ann lost nine of her 13 children before they reached adulthood.

After her death, to honour her, Anna held the first Mother’s Day observances in 1908.

Many Cities in the United States went on to adopt the trend, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson named the second Sunday in May a national holiday.