Anna M. Jarvis is credited with establishing the celebration of Mother's Day in the United States. Ms. Jarvis solicited the help of hundreds of legislators and prominent businessmen to create this special day. The first Mother's Day was celebrated on May 10, 1908 in a church. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in honor of mothers.
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