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PHOTOS: Philadelphian Anna Jarvis inspired Mother's Day

Sunday, May 8, 2016
The Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum is located four miles outside Grafton, W.Va., April 22, 2008. The museum commemorates the life of Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother's Day.
Cindi Mason, director of the International Mother's Day Shrine, poses at the shrine in Grafton, W. Va., on April 22, 2008.
Anna Jarvis, who conceived the idea of a special tribute to mothers, is shown in this 1928 file photo.
Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis, who is seen in this undated picture, inspired the creation of Mother's Day as a national holiday.
This is an undated picture of Anna Jarvis, from Grafton, West Virginia, who promoted and achieved the proclamation of Mother's Day as a national holiday, in honor of her mother,
PHOTOS: Philadelphian Anna Jarvis inspired Mother's DayThe Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum is located four miles outside Grafton, W.Va., April 22, 2008. The museum commemorates the life of Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother's Day.
AP Photo/James J. Lee

Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis inspired the creation of Mother's Day as a national holiday.

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