Early Origins and Peace Advocacy The roots of Mother's Day in the United States trace back to the 19th century, when women’s peace groups sought to heal divisions caused by wars. Ann Reeves Jarvis, a social activist from West Virginia, organized "Mothers’ Work Clubs" in the 1850s to improve sanitation, reduce infant mortality, and provide health education during typhoid outbreaks TheCollector+1. After the Civil War, she initiated Mother’s Friendship Day in 1868 to reunite fam
