Mother's Day History

• Abigail Adams

• Aelfgifu

• Josephine Baker

• Lydia Maria Child

• Marie Curie

• Margaret Douglas

• Earth Mothers

• Eleanor of Aquitaine

• Elizabeth, Queen Mum

• Sally Hemings

• Mary, Queen of Scots

• Empress Matilda

• Mother Jones

• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

• Anne Morrow Lindbergh

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Lucy Stone

• Mother Teresa of Calcutta

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Roman Mothers

• Greek Mothers

More Mother's Day History

• Ancient Celebrations of Mothers and Motherhood
• Mothering Sunday in Britain
• Mothers' Work Days
• Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day
• Anna Jarvis and Mother's Day
• Carnations, Anna Jarvis, and Mother's Day
• International Mother's Days Today
• Mother's Day Statistics
• Mother's Day Proclamations
• Famous Mothers
• Quotes on Mothers and Motherhood
• Ideas for Mother's Day (in the spirit of the originals)
• Motherhood in History
• Mother's Day - Index

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