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Anna Jarvis
Who created Mother's Day?
How Whistler's Mother became an American icon
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Who created Mother's Day?
On May 10, 1908, American activist Anna Jarvis held what is considered to be the...
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How Whistler's Mother became an American icon
American artist James McNeill Whistler painted Arrangement in Grey and Black...
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Anna Jarvis
Anna Jarvis, c. 1900s.
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