Most of us are aware of the holiday, mother's day that is celebrated all over, to give special regards to the mothers for their immense love and sacrifice. But none of us is really aware of the mothers day history. The origin of mother's day lies in the tradition of paying tribute to Rhea, the mother of many deities and Cybele, great mother of Gods. Read further to know about the legends associated with mothers day story.
Actually, the Greeks celebrate annual spring festival in the honor of mother Rhea and Christians dedicate this festivity holiday to mother Mary and it falls on the fourth Sunday of the Lent season. In England, this concept of honoring Godmothers expanded to the extent of including all mothers and thus acquired the name 'Mothering Sunday.'
The trend of celebrating mother's day in US is about a century and a half old and the credit for its commemoration goes to Anna Jarvis, who persuaded to start a campaign to raise awareness about poor community health conditions. And she advocated that this task of bringing enlightenment among people, can be best done by mothers, thus the day got the name "Mother's Work Day."
It happened about 15 years later, that Julia Ward Howe, a Boston poet, encouraged the conducting of a peace rally by mothers, to convey the message of peace and harmony. The idea of mothers participating in the rally was that, they are the ones who have mainly suffered the pain of losing their near and dear ones.
Anna Jarvis always desired the celebration of a day in the memory of mothers. When Anna died in 1905, her daughter, also named Anna, began a campaign in the memory of her mother. She began to seek cooperation of big shots to support her in the campaign. And her hard work finally paid off in the year 1914, with the signing of the bill, recognizing mother's day as a national holiday.
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