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In
1907, Anna Jarvis, from Philadelphia began a campaign to establish a
national Mother's Day to honor all mothers. She persuaded her church
in West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday of May.
The following year, Mother's Day was celebrated in all of
Philadelphia.
She
and several friends wrote to ministers and politicians to establish
a national Mother's Day. In 1910, the governor of West Virginia
proclaimed the 2nd Sunday in May as Mother's Day and by 1911 every
state was celebrating it. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, made
the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national
holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
Today
Mother's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world by
children (and adults) to honor their mothers.
Famous
quotes about mothers:
Of
all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
- Lin Yutang
I
never thought that you should be rewarded for the greatest privilege
of life.
- Mary Roper Coker (Mother of the Year 1958)
The
heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will
always find forgiveness.
- Honore' de Balzac
Making
the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide
forever to have your heart go walking around outside you body.
- Elizabeth Stone
Children
and mothers never truly part - Bound in the beating of each other's
heart.
- Charlotte Gray
A
mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place
no one else can take.
- Cardinal Mermillod
Mother
is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no
heart throb.
- Leroy Brownlow
A
mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning
unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher
You
never realize how much your mother loves you till you explore the
attic - and find every letter you ever sent her, every finger
painting, clay pot, bead necklace, Easter chicken, cardboard Santa
Claus, paperlace Mother's Day card and school report since day one.
- Pam Brown
Whatever
language you say it in, we wish all mothers everywhere a very Happy
Mother's Day!
Día
De la Madre Feliz
Gauisus Matris Dies
Le
Jour De la Mère Heureuse
Tag
Des Glückliches Mutter
Giorno
Della Madre Felice
幸せな母の日
Dia
Da Mãe Feliz
Hamingjusamur Mæðradagur
Glade Moder Dag
mutlu ana gün
행복한 어머니 일
День Счастливой Матери
Heldig Moder Dag
Alegre Mãe Dia
Iloinen Hoivata äidin tavoin Aika
Boldog Anya Nap
愉快的母亲节
maligaya Mother's araw
'n ddedwydd fam s Ddiwrnod
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Copyright 2002.
Maggie Halliday is the founder and owner of International Woman, the
magazine connecting women around the world. Visit her website at http://www.internationalwoman.net
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