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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.