Ann Reeves Jarvis, the Mother of Mothers' Day

Identifier:

029185

Collection Number:

A&M 1498

Title:

Ann Reeves Jarvis, the Mother of Mothers' Day

Description:

'Mother of Miss Anna Jarvis the founder of Mother's Day. She taught the Primary Department in Andrews Sunday School for 20 years. She is known as the Mother's Day World Mother. Shortly after the Civil War she expressed a desire that some one, some time, would establish a Mother's Day, and the action of the daughter made it a reality.'

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView