![]() ![]() However, during the American civil war, Ann Reeves set up Mothers’ Day Work Clubs, and by making peace between people, she became a unifying force within her community. Notably, it was Ann’s friend, Julia Ward Howe, who first started mother’s day celebration in 1870, though her initiative never got recognition and success. ![]() Born in 1864, Anna Jarvis was the daughter of social activist Ann Reeves Jarvis of West Virginia.
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