Mother's Day: History

Mother's Day Mother's Day is a day set aside to honour and appreciate Mothers. Early in the 19 Century, Ann Reeves Javis, of West Virginia, before the Civil war started "Mother day Work Club" with the aim of educating local women on how to take care of their children. <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6717586986807567" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> The Club later became a Unifying force in the region, that was still divided by the war. So 1868 Javins organized a "Mother's Friendship day" where they gathered with Unions and Soldiers for reconciliation. After the death of Ann Reeves Javis in 1905, her daughter Anna Javis conceived an the idea of honoring her mother effort and others, so decided to appreciate mothers, in the USA, for the sacrifice made for their children. She organized the first official Mother's Day celebrations at the Methodist Ch...