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Petrushka

(3,709 posts) Sat May 13, 2017, 08:10 PM May 2017

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How one West Virginia woman made Mothers' Day a holiday

http://appalachianmagazine.com/2017/05/13/how-one-west-virginia-woman-made-mothers-day-a-holiday/

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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

(531 posts)

1. Anna Jarvis was my gg aunt.

Reply to Petrushka (Original post)

Sat May 13, 2017, 08:46 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

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2. Years ago, I sworked with a woman who was married to a Jarvis from downstate West Virginia.

Reply to SouthernIrish (Reply #1)

Sat May 13, 2017, 11:00 PM

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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