Who is Anna Jarvis, the woman who invented Mother’s Day and then fought to eliminate her
Mother’s Day is a red appointment on the calendar. It is the day when the unconditional love and role of mothers -And maternal figures- in people’s lives, but also in society in general, thanks to their care work.
Although the modern celebration of the day as is known today has its origin in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the truth is that in ancient Greece they had already done Parties in honor of ReaThe mother of the gods of Olympus. In Rome, in the meantime, there were A holiday called Hilariadedicated to the goddess Cibeles, who was also considered the mother of the gods.
Anna Jarvis was never a mother, she wanted to honor her
While the modern celebration of Mother’s Day Started in the United States in 1905 Thanks to Anna Jarvis, who was not a mother. Who wanted to honor with this celebration was for his mother. That’s why a campaign called “Mother’s Day” began when she died. In 1908 he paid homage to him, even if it was not a holiday as such, and he began to do Cause activismA struggle that has asked him for years.
“I hope and please for someone, one day, recognize one day in memory of the mothers, Celebrates the incomparable service that provide humanity In all areas of life “Jarvis proclaimed.
In addition, during the United States civil war, Jarvis created a kind of western Virginia in the state of western Virginia Women’s working groups This took care of the soldiers and worked to improve public health. Those days called them “days of mothers”.
They made fun of them saying that he also had to create the mother -in -Law
To try to meet the goal and the United States government declared the day as a holiday, this woman He sent letters to members of the congress and governors every year. Although many have made fun of him, because they did not formalized the “mother of the mother -in -law”, their insistence finally had a prize and in 1911 all the states recognized the day as a holiday. So, in 1014 President Woodrow Wilson established the Second Sunday at Mother’s Day In the United States.
Over time, other countries have started to celebrate this day. For example, in Spain it was decided to celebrate it on the first Sunday of May -in the beginning Was celebrated on December 8th, But in 1965 he turned to differentiate himself from the celebration of the Immaculate Conception.
I’m sorry I created Mother’s Day
Even if, what was initially a pride for Anna Jarvis became A disappointmentSince “I had created a monster”. This is due to the excessive commercial evolution in which Mother’s Day has evolved.
The writer Katharine Lane Antolini, author of “The Commemoration of Motherhood: Anna Jarvis and The Fight for Mother’s Day Control” explains that her goal was “that that day was a sacred day, He never wanted to become a day to give giftscostly“.
According to Antolini, Jarvis called “copyright rapists, Commercial vandals And the speculators told the merchants who saw this day as an opportunity to increase their income. Jarvis, who protested until his death in 1948 Against florists, the textiles and postcards and other people who had contributed to deviating the real end of this day, confessed to a journalist who is penalty of “very” to have created Mother’s Day.
