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Mother's Day Schmidt, in The Journal of American History (Dec. 1991), Or- ganization of American Historians, 112 N. Bryan St., Blooming- ton, Ind. 47408-4199.
Cynics might assume that Mother's Day was invented the florist and greeting- card industries. Not exactly, says Schmidt, a Drew University historian. The popular holiday (celebrated on May 10 this year) was actually the brainchild of Anna Jarvis. A schoolteacher who lived in Grafton, W. Va., with her mother (also named Anna)...