Who persuaded President Woodrow Wilson to adopt Mother’s Day as a national holiday in 1914?
A Anna Jarvis
B Eleanor Roosevelt
C Jane Addams
Inspired by her mother’s wish for such a holiday, Anna Jarvis successfully organized a Mother’s Day celebration in 1908. But when it later became a commercialized event with cards and flowers, she started vocally opposing it, saying that mothers deserved better.
The correct answer is Anna Jarvis.