Mother’s Day

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images & Videos

The founder of Mother's Day

A young girl gently touches her forehead to her smiling mother's forehead in a close, affectionate moment, captured in a black and white photo.

Mother’s Day: Media

holiday

Videos

A young girl gently touches her forehead to her smiling mother's forehead in a close, affectionate moment, captured in a black and white photo.

Who Created Mother's Day?

On May 10, 1908, American activist Anna Jarvis held what is considered to be the...

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

The founder of Mother's Day

The founder of Mother's Day

Anna Jarvis, c. 1900s.

FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images

VIEW MORE in these related Britannica articles: