* Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia who started Mother's Day celebrations also filed a lawsuit in an effort to stop the over- commercialisation of Mother's Day. She lost her fight. Anna had hoped for a day of reflection and quiet prayer by families, thanking God for all that mothers had done.
* Julia Ward Howe staged an unusual protest for peace in Boston, by celebrating a special day for mothers. She wanted to call attention to the need for peace by pointing out mothers who were left alone in the world without their sons and husbands after the bloody Franco-Prussian War.
* Japan's Imperial family trace their ancestry to Omikami Amaterasu, the Mother of the World.
* Ancient Egyptians believed that 'Bast' was the mother of all cats on Earth, and that cats were sacred animals.
* In the Bible, Eve is credited with being the 'Mother of All the Living.'
* In the vast majority of the world's languages, the word for "mother" begins with the letter M.
Some tribes of people, like the Assam in Africa, don't call themselves families. They call themselves "maharis", or "motherhoods."
Rosa Parks was the mother of bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama that launched the Civil Rights Movement.
Chinese family names are often formed (begin) with a sign that means "mother". It's a nice way of honoring their moms long past.
The ancient Greeks celebrated Mother's Day in spring, like we do. They used to honor Rhea, "mother of the gods" with honey-cakes and fine drinks and flowers at dawn. Sounds like the beginnings of the Mother's Day tradition of breakfast in bed!
Mother Shipton was a Prophetess in Britain 500 years ago. She could see the future, and predicted that another Queen Elizabeth would sit on the throne of England. (QE II)
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