Americans Expect To Spend Over $21 Billion On Mother's Day

Meera Dolasia
Sat, 07 May 2016 12:24:05 -0700

In 1907, Anna Jarvis began a campaign to convince lawmakers to designate a special day to honor America's mothers. Many individual states began celebrating Mother's Day by 1911. However, it was not until 1914 that Woodrow Wilson finally managed to persuade the U.S.Congress to set aside the second Sunday of May to honor moms.