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personAnna Jarvis was an American social activist who campaigned to establish Mother's Day as a national holiday.
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Where does Mother’s day come from?
After her death in 1905, Anna Jarvis held a memorial service for her mother and sent 500 white carnations, her mother's favourite flower, to be worn by all mothers in attendance.
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Where does Mother’s day come from?
The campaign was started by Anna Jarvis, a social activist who wanted to honour her mother who'd organised Mother's Day workers' clubs to improve health and sanitation for mothers and children during the Civil War, as well as Mother's Friendship Day, at which mothers gathered with former Union and Confederate soldiers to promote reconciliation.