Let's remember Mother's Day as Anna Jarvis would have wanted: as a day dedicated to appreciate and love, instead of a as a capitalist frenzy.
In addition to the day of observance, Anna encouraged people who could not visit their mothers to write letters expressing their gratitude and even designated the white carnation, her mother’s favorite flower, as the official emblem of the holiday, according to Antolini.
Despite these well-considered details, Antolini explains that the mother-centric holiday Anna created was not the one her mother had envisioned in her prayer. While both wanted to honor women for their service as mothers, they differed on how to commemorate them and on what it means to be a mother.and, to her, maternal influence reached far outside the traditional domestic areas to “serve humanity.” Antolini explains that Mrs.
The difference, according to Antolini, is in the celebration of mothers’ collective power and “the impressive breadth of their maternal role,” and a singular event celebrating a sentimental image of motherhood defined by children. While Mrs. Jarvis wanted mothers to have “an active role in their own tribute,” her daughter’s national holiday ultimately reduces a mother to a “passive figure of praise.
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