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		Anna Jarvis was the name of two women, mother and daughter.
		Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis (September 30, 1832 - May 9, 1905) was born in Culpeper, Virginia.
		Anna Maire Jarvis died in West Chester, Pennsylvania, recognized as the mother of the Mother's Day holiday in the United States of America.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/a/an/anna_jarvis.html (206 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Jarvis Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer island located at Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands.
		Public entry to Jarvis Island requires a special-use permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is generally restricted to scientists and educators only.
		Its sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs are primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Jarvis_Island (695 words)

	Annie's Mother's Day History Page
		Three years later, Anna Jarvis of Grafton, W. Va., and Philadelphia, began a campaign for a nationwide observance of Mother's Day.
		The service at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton honored the memory of Anna Jarvis' own mother, Mrs.
		At the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Minneapolis, Minn., in 1912, a delegate from Andrews Church introduced a resolution recognizing Anna Jarvis as the founder of Mother's Day.
	www.annieshomepage.com /mothershistory.html (1429 words)

	Mother's day - mothers day out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Jarvis started her own crusade to found a memorial day for women...
		Anna Jarvis began writing to congressmen, asking them to set aside a day to honor mothers.
		Jarvis organized a series of Mothers' Day Work Clubs in Webster, Grafton, Fetterman, Pruntytown, and...
	www.mothersdaygift.info /mothers-day-out.html (1407 words)

	when is mothers day - Mothers Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Find resources on the different stories of the history of Mother's Day: Anna Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe, and other versions.
		Join the team of "midwives" birthing the MOTHERS initiative for the economic well-being of caregivers...
		Did you know that Mother's Day founder Anna...
	mothers-day-swicki.eurekster.com /when+is+mothers+day (726 words)

	Reference Wordsmith
		A: U.S. author, suffrage leader, and lecturer, Julia Ward Howe suggested in 1872 that there be a Mother’s Day, to be celebrated on June 2.
		It was however, Anna Jarvis of Grafton, West Virginia, who began campaigning for the observance of Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. The celebration of Mother's Day is said to have started in Grafton when Jarvis observed the anniversary of her mother's death in 1908 at the Andrews Methodist Church.
		She selected the pink carnation as the symbol for Mother’s Day.
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