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How one West Virginia woman made Mothers' Day a holiday (Original Post) Petrushka May 2017 OP
Anna Jarvis was my gg aunt. SouthernIrish May 2017 #1
Years ago, I sworked with a woman who was married to a Jarvis from downstate West Virginia. Petrushka May 2017 #2

SouthernIrish

(512 posts)
1. Anna Jarvis was my gg aunt.
Sat May 13, 2017, 09:46 PM
May 2017

She spent her life and inheritance fighting against it becoming commercialized. As usual, the corporations did just the opposite. I am proud that she was seen as a strong woman that stood up for what she believed in. I have a feeling that she would have been protesting all of the injustices that we see today.

Petrushka

(3,709 posts)
2. Years ago, I sworked with a woman who was married to a Jarvis from downstate West Virginia.
Sun May 14, 2017, 12:00 AM
May 2017

I didn't think about it back then, but I'm wondering, now, if he might have been a relative. His first name was Warren and he's Brad Paisley's grandpap.

And . . . yes . . . I agree: Your great-great-aunt Anna Jarvis would more than likely to protesting injustices today.

All best!

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