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Mother’s Day Timeline

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

John WanamakerCourtesy of theHistorical Societyof Pennsylvania,Atwater KentMuseum ofPhiladelphia

Andrews ChurchCourtesy of theInternationalMother's DayShrine

Juliet CalhounBlakeley

Courtesy Libraryof Congress

President WilsonCourtesy Libraryof Congress

West Virginia MapC.S. Hammond &Company Atlas 1910

Mrs. Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Julia Ward HoweImage donated byCorbis Bettmann

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

1st knownMother’sDay at Albion,Michigan in honorof Julia CalhounBlakeley in 1877.

West Virginia’sgovernor issued thefirstMother’s Dayproclamation in 1910.

Wealthyphilanthropist &store merchant, JohnWanamaker, hostedthe 1stMother’s Daycelebration inPhiladelphia in 1908.

First record ofMother’s Daycelebration in Americatraced to “Mother’sDay for Peace”celebrations started in1872 by Julia WardHowe.

Anna Jarvis,born in WestVirginia 1864, iscredited withbringing aboutthe officialobservance ofMother’s Day.

At the funeral ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1905her daughterresolves to honorher mother bycreating the day hermother had wishedfor—a Mother’s Dayto honor allmothers.

In 1914 PresidentWoodrow WilsonproclaimedMother’s Day asan AmericanHoliday.

Andrews Churchheld the firstMother’s Dayservice in honor ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1907.

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

John WanamakerCourtesy of theHistorical Societyof Pennsylvania,Atwater KentMuseum ofPhiladelphia

Andrews ChurchCourtesy of theInternationalMother's DayShrine

Juliet CalhounBlakeley

Courtesy Libraryof Congress

President WilsonCourtesy Libraryof Congress

West Virginia MapC.S. Hammond &Company Atlas 1910

Mrs. Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Julia Ward HoweImage donated byCorbis Bettmann

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

1st knownMother’sDay at Albion,Michigan in honorof Julia CalhounBlakeley in 1877.

West Virginia’sgovernor issued thefirstMother’s Dayproclamation in 1910.

Wealthyphilanthropist &store merchant, JohnWanamaker, hostedthe 1stMother’s Daycelebration inPhiladelphia in 1908.

First record ofMother’s Daycelebration in Americatraced to “Mother’sDay for Peace”celebrations started in1872 by Julia WardHowe.

Anna Jarvis,born in WestVirginia 1864, iscredited withbringing aboutthe officialobservance ofMother’s Day.

At the funeral ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1905her daughterresolves to honorher mother bycreating the day hermother had wishedfor—a Mother’s Dayto honor allmothers.

In 1914 PresidentWoodrow WilsonproclaimedMother’s Day asan AmericanHoliday.

Andrews Churchheld the firstMother’s Dayservice in honor ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1907.

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

John WanamakerCourtesy of theHistorical Societyof Pennsylvania,Atwater KentMuseum ofPhiladelphia

Andrews ChurchCourtesy of theInternationalMother's DayShrine

Juliet CalhounBlakeley

Courtesy Libraryof Congress

President WilsonCourtesy Libraryof Congress

West Virginia MapC.S. Hammond &Company Atlas 1910

Mrs. Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Julia Ward HoweImage donated byCorbis Bettmann

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

1st knownMother’sDay at Albion,Michigan in honorof Julia CalhounBlakeley in 1877.

West Virginia’sgovernor issued thefirstMother’s Dayproclamation in 1910.

Wealthyphilanthropist &store merchant, JohnWanamaker, hostedthe 1stMother’s Daycelebration inPhiladelphia in 1908.

First record ofMother’s Daycelebration in Americatraced to “Mother’sDay for Peace”celebrations started in1872 by Julia WardHowe.

Anna Jarvis,born in WestVirginia 1864, iscredited withbringing aboutthe officialobservance ofMother’s Day.

At the funeral ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1905her daughterresolves to honorher mother bycreating the day hermother had wishedfor—a Mother’s Dayto honor allmothers.

In 1914 PresidentWoodrow WilsonproclaimedMother’s Day asan AmericanHoliday.

Andrews Churchheld the firstMother’s Dayservice in honor ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1907.

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

John WanamakerCourtesy of theHistorical Societyof Pennsylvania,Atwater KentMuseum ofPhiladelphia

Andrews ChurchCourtesy of theInternationalMother's DayShrine

Juliet CalhounBlakeley

Courtesy Libraryof Congress

President WilsonCourtesy Libraryof Congress

West Virginia MapC.S. Hammond &Company Atlas 1910

Mrs. Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Julia Ward HoweImage donated byCorbis Bettmann

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

1st knownMother’sDay at Albion,Michigan in honorof Julia CalhounBlakeley in 1877.

West Virginia’sgovernor issued thefirstMother’s Dayproclamation in 1910.

Wealthyphilanthropist &store merchant, JohnWanamaker, hostedthe 1stMother’s Daycelebration inPhiladelphia in 1908.

First record ofMother’s Daycelebration in Americatraced to “Mother’sDay for Peace”celebrations started in1872 by Julia WardHowe.

Anna Jarvis,born in WestVirginia 1864, iscredited withbringing aboutthe officialobservance ofMother’s Day.

At the funeral ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1905her daughterresolves to honorher mother bycreating the day hermother had wishedfor—a Mother’s Dayto honor allmothers.

In 1914 PresidentWoodrow WilsonproclaimedMother’s Day asan AmericanHoliday.

Andrews Churchheld the firstMother’s Dayservice in honor ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1907.

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

John WanamakerCourtesy of theHistorical Societyof Pennsylvania,Atwater KentMuseum ofPhiladelphia

Andrews ChurchCourtesy of theInternationalMother's DayShrine

Juliet CalhounBlakeley

Courtesy Libraryof Congress

President WilsonCourtesy Libraryof Congress

West Virginia MapC.S. Hammond &Company Atlas 1910

Mrs. Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Julia Ward HoweImage donated byCorbis Bettmann

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

1st knownMother’sDay at Albion,Michigan in honorof Julia CalhounBlakeley in 1877.

West Virginia’sgovernor issued thefirstMother’s Dayproclamation in 1910.

Wealthyphilanthropist &store merchant, JohnWanamaker, hostedthe 1stMother’s Daycelebration inPhiladelphia in 1908.

First record ofMother’s Daycelebration in Americatraced to “Mother’sDay for Peace”celebrations started in1872 by Julia WardHowe.

Anna Jarvis,born in WestVirginia 1864, iscredited withbringing aboutthe officialobservance ofMother’s Day.

At the funeral ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1905her daughterresolves to honorher mother bycreating the day hermother had wishedfor—a Mother’s Dayto honor allmothers.

In 1914 PresidentWoodrow WilsonproclaimedMother’s Day asan AmericanHoliday.

Andrews Churchheld the firstMother’s Dayservice in honor ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1907.

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

John WanamakerCourtesy of theHistorical Societyof Pennsylvania,Atwater KentMuseum ofPhiladelphia

Andrews ChurchCourtesy of theInternationalMother's DayShrine

Juliet CalhounBlakeley

Courtesy Libraryof Congress

President WilsonCourtesy Libraryof Congress

West Virginia MapC.S. Hammond &Company Atlas 1910

Mrs. Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Julia Ward HoweImage donated byCorbis Bettmann

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

1st knownMother’sDay at Albion,Michigan in honorof Julia CalhounBlakeley in 1877.

West Virginia’sgovernor issued thefirstMother’s Dayproclamation in 1910.

Wealthyphilanthropist &store merchant, JohnWanamaker, hostedthe 1stMother’s Daycelebration inPhiladelphia in 1908.

First record ofMother’s Daycelebration in Americatraced to “Mother’sDay for Peace”celebrations started in1872 by Julia WardHowe.

Anna Jarvis,born in WestVirginia 1864, iscredited withbringing aboutthe officialobservance ofMother’s Day.

At the funeral ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1905her daughterresolves to honorher mother bycreating the day hermother had wishedfor—a Mother’s Dayto honor allmothers.

In 1914 PresidentWoodrow WilsonproclaimedMother’s Day asan AmericanHoliday.

Andrews Churchheld the firstMother’s Dayservice in honor ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1907.

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

John WanamakerCourtesy of theHistorical Societyof Pennsylvania,Atwater KentMuseum ofPhiladelphia

Andrews ChurchCourtesy of theInternationalMother's DayShrine

Juliet CalhounBlakeley

Courtesy Libraryof Congress

President WilsonCourtesy Libraryof Congress

West Virginia MapC.S. Hammond &Company Atlas 1910

Mrs. Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Julia Ward HoweImage donated byCorbis Bettmann

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

1st knownMother’sDay at Albion,Michigan in honorof Julia CalhounBlakeley in 1877.

West Virginia’sgovernor issued thefirstMother’s Dayproclamation in 1910.

Wealthyphilanthropist &store merchant, JohnWanamaker, hostedthe 1stMother’s Daycelebration inPhiladelphia in 1908.

First record ofMother’s Daycelebration in Americatraced to “Mother’sDay for Peace”celebrations started in1872 by Julia WardHowe.

Anna Jarvis,born in WestVirginia 1864, iscredited withbringing aboutthe officialobservance ofMother’s Day.

At the funeral ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1905her daughterresolves to honorher mother bycreating the day hermother had wishedfor—a Mother’s Dayto honor allmothers.

In 1914 PresidentWoodrow WilsonproclaimedMother’s Day asan AmericanHoliday.

Andrews Churchheld the firstMother’s Dayservice in honor ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1907.

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

John WanamakerCourtesy of theHistorical Societyof Pennsylvania,Atwater KentMuseum ofPhiladelphia

Andrews ChurchCourtesy of theInternationalMother's DayShrine

Juliet CalhounBlakeley

Courtesy Libraryof Congress

President WilsonCourtesy Libraryof Congress

West Virginia MapC.S. Hammond &Company Atlas 1910

Mrs. Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Anna JarvisCourtesy Libraryof Congress

Julia Ward HoweImage donated byCorbis Bettmann

Student Worksheet 1 Mother’s Day Timeline

1st knownMother’sDay at Albion,Michigan in honorof Julia CalhounBlakeley in 1877.

West Virginia’sgovernor issued thefirstMother’s Dayproclamation in 1910.

Wealthyphilanthropist &store merchant, JohnWanamaker, hostedthe 1stMother’s Daycelebration inPhiladelphia in 1908.

First record ofMother’s Daycelebration in Americatraced to “Mother’sDay for Peace”celebrations started in1872 by Julia WardHowe.

Anna Jarvis,born in WestVirginia 1864, iscredited withbringing aboutthe officialobservance ofMother’s Day.

At the funeral ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1905her daughterresolves to honorher mother bycreating the day hermother had wishedfor—a Mother’s Dayto honor allmothers.

In 1914 PresidentWoodrow WilsonproclaimedMother’s Day asan AmericanHoliday.

Andrews Churchheld the firstMother’s Dayservice in honor ofMrs. Anna Jarvis in1907.