Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis opposed to holiday's commercialism
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Cleveland.com reports:
"Anna Jarvis mothered Mother's Day a century ago. To see what her baby grew into . . . oh, how it would break her heart.
Jarvis despised attempts to commercialize the "holy day" that she launched in 1908 in memory of her mother, Ann. She fought tenaciously until her death to shield Mother's Day from "the hordes of money-schemers" that were hawking flowers, cards and candy".
"Anna Jarvis mothered Mother's Day a century ago. To see what her baby grew into . . . oh, how it would break her heart.
Jarvis despised attempts to commercialize the "holy day" that she launched in 1908 in memory of her mother, Ann. She fought tenaciously until her death to shield Mother's Day from "the hordes of money-schemers" that were hawking flowers, cards and candy".
