Who created Father’s Day?

Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, is usually credited with creating Father’s Day. She is said to have come up with the idea in 1909 while listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day. U.S. Pres. Calvin Coolidge gave his public support to Father’s Day in 1924, and legislation signed by U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon established it as a national holiday in 1972.