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Mother’s Day From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about several worldwide days celebrating motherhood. For other uses, see Mother’s Day (disambiguation).
A Mother’s Day cardObserved byMany countriesTypeCommercial, religiousDateSecond Sunday of May (USA and others)
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Mothering Sunday, UK and others)Related toFather’s Day, Parents’ Day, Children’s Day
Mother’s Day is a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March, April, or May. It complements Father’s Day, a celebration honoring fathers.
Celebrations of mothers and motherhood occur throughout the world. Many of these trace back to ancient festivals, like the Greek cult to Cybele, the Roman festival of Hilaria, or the Christian Mothering Sunday celebration. However, the modern holiday is an American invention and not directly descended from these celebrations.[1][2][3] Despite this, in some countries Mother’s Day has become synonymous with these older traditions.[4]
Founding
The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in America. She then began a campaign to make “Mother’s Day” a recognized holiday in the United States. Although she was successful in 1914, she was already disappointed with its commercialization by the 1920s. Jarvis’ holiday was adopted by other countries and it’s now celebrated all over the world.
Jarvis never mentioned Mothering Sunday or Julia Ward Howe attempts in the 1870s, and she never mentioned any connection to the Protestant school celebrations, and she always said that the creation was hers alone.[5] The observations in the 1870s and the 1880s never had resonance beyond the local level.[6]
For more information on previous attempts, see the “United States” section in this article.
Spelling
In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases “second Sunday in May” and “Mother’s Day”, and created the Mother’s Day International Association.[7]
She was specific about the location of the apostrophe; it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world.[8]
This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the law making official the holiday in the United States, by the U.S. Congress on bills,[9][10] and by other U.S. presidents on their declarations.[11]
Common usage in English language also dictates that the ostensibly singular possessive “Mother’s Day” is the preferred spelling, although “Mothers’ Day” (plural possessive) or “Mothers Day” (plural non-possessive) are sometimes used.
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