Memorializing Motherhood : Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother's Day.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction - The Cultural Duality of Mother's Day -- Chapter One - The Foremothers and Forefather of Mother's Day -- Chapter Two - Anna Jarvis and Her Mother's Day Movement -- Chapter Three - "Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother" : The Rivalry of Father's Day and Parents' Day -- Chapter Four - The American War Mothers and a Memoir of Mothers' Day -- Chapter Five - A New Mother's Day for Modern Mothers -- Epilogue - Anna Jarvis's Final Years and the Burden of the Mother's Day Movement -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliography -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.