The 'Mother' in Mother's Day: ; Anne Marie Jarvis Was a Lady Who Could Convince the Devil to Give Up His Pitchfork
Sunday Gazette-Mail › May 12, 2008
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GRAFTON - In the dim recesses of their minds, most West Virginians know that the first Mother's Day celebration was held in Grafton. They might even recall the name of Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother's Day. If they're really sharp, they know that a bronze sculpture in her likeness is the only statue of a woman in the state Capitol (it's to the right of the information desk in the rotunda).See the full content of this document
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The 'Mother' in Mother's Day: ; Anne Marie Jarvis Was a Lady Who Could Convince the Devil to Give Up His Pitchfork
They probably don't know that Anne Marie Reeves Jarvis, Anna's mother, was a strong, intelligent crusader who sought to improve her community's sanitary conditions after those conditions robbed her of nine of her 13 children.
In the 1850s, when ...See the full content of this document
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