It's said that Mother's Day was first suggested in the United States by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 as a day dedicated to peace after the Franco Prussian War. The holiday gained its 1 majorly due to the efforts of Anna M. Jarvis.
Anna began a letter-writing 2 to gain support for a national Mother's Day holiday when her mother passed away in
1905. 3 influential leaders, including William Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, and John Wannamaker, Anna poured out a stream of requests for support of the idea. She believed, mothers 4 their own special day and that it would help strengthen family bonds.
She 5 her mother's church in West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's 6 , the 2nd Sunday of May. By 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state, and flowers quickly became a lasting 7 to express love on the occasion. In 1914, Congress 8 a law designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, "a public 9 of love and respect for the mothers of our country". President Woodrow Wilson issued the statement, making it a(n) 10 US holiday.
But Anna's accomplishment soon turned 11 for her. Annoyed by the 12 of the holiday, she filed a lawsuit (诉讼) to stop a 1923 Mother's Day festival and was even arrested for 13 the peace at a war mothers' conference where women sold white carnations (康乃馨) — Anna's symbol for mothers — to raise money, "This is not what I 14 ," Jarvis said. "I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not 15 !"
Today Mother's Day has become a very popular holiday in the USA.
