Mother's Day: A History of Celebrations Across Cultures

On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother's Day. A short excerpt from the article on the history Mother's Days.

1914: the U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution, and President Woodrow Wilson signed it, establishing Mother's Day, emphasizing women's role in the family (not as activists in the public arena, as Howe's Mother's Day had been)
Texas Senators Cotton Tom Heflin and Morris Shepard introduced the joint resolution adopted in 1914. Both were ardent prohibitionists.
Anna Jarvis became increasingly concerned over the commercialization of Mother's Day: "I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit." She opposed the selling of flowers (see below) and also the use of greeting cards: "'a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write.'"