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Mother’s Day
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By R. C. | |
| | | 1. Mother's Day Marker | | |
Inscription. Founded by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. First officially observed in 1908, it honored motherhood and family life at a time of rising feminist activism. An early supporter was John Wanamaker, whose store stood opposite. Mother’s Day was given federal recognition, 1914.
Erected 1998 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location. 39° 57.135′ N, 75° 9.752′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and North Juniper on Market Street. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19107, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Oldest Photograph (about 600 feet away, in a direct line); PSFS Building (about 600 feet away); Ricketts Circus (about 800 feet away); Broad Street Station (approx. 0.2 miles away); Reading Terminal and Market (approx. 0.2 miles away); W.C. Fields (1880 - 1946) (approx. half a mile away); General Tadeusz Kosciuszko (approx. half a mile away); American Pharmaceutical Association (approx. 0.6 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Philadelphia.
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1. Mother's Day - Behind the Marker. ExplorePAHistory.com. “The national recognition of Mother’s Day culminated a campaign begun by Anna Jarvis in Philadelphia in 1907, and carried to Congress by Philadelphia department store magnate John Wanamaker. A native of the Appalachian Mountains in the town of Pruntyvillle, West Virginia, Jarvis had in 1892 followed her brother to Philadelphia and there worked as a stenographer and writer. In 1903, Anna and her brother convinced their aging mother to move to the city, and it was after her mother’s death in 1905 that Jarvis formulated the idea for her ‘Mother’s Day Movement’.” (Submitted on July 21, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
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By R. C. | |
| | | 2. Mother's Day Marker | | |
2. Anna Jarvis at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on July 21, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
3. Mother's Day Dark History. 2012 National Geographic Daily News article by Brian Handwerk. “ ‘It wasn’t to celebrate all mothers. It was to celebrate the best mother you’ve ever known—your mother—as a son or a daughter.’ That’s why Jarvis stressed the singular ‘Mother’s Day,’ rather than the plural ‘Mothers’ Day,’ Antolini explained.
But Jarvis’s success soon turned to failure, at least in her own eyes.
Anna Jarvis’s idea of an intimate Mother’s Day quickly became a commercial gold mine centering on the buying and giving of flowers, candies, and greeting cards—a development which deeply disturbed Jarvis. She set about dedicating herself and her sizable inheritance to returning Mother's Day to its reverent roots.” (Submitted on May 13, 2012.)
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Free Library of Philadelphia Collection, 1900 | |
| | | 4. The Grand Depot, John Wanamaker's Department Store | | 13th and Market, Philadelphia | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on November 16, 2009, by R. C. of Shrewsbury, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 657 times since then. This page was the Marker of the Week May 13, 2012. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2009, by R. C. of Shrewsbury, New Jersey. 3, 4. submitted on May 12, 2012. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
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