Mother's day originated in Greece, the ancient greeks in the day to honor the mother of the gods in Greek mythology Hera. In the 17th century, mother's day spread to England, the British fasting period of the fourth Sunday as mother's day. In this day, go out in the outside of young people will return to their home, to bring small gifts for their mothers.

In the modern sense of mother's day originated in the United States, by Amanm, Jarvis (1864-1948), she never married, always accompany beside her mother. In 1905 s, when her mother died, Amanm distraught. Two years later (1907), Amanm and her friends began to wrote a letter to influential ministers, businessmen, lawmakers to seek support, so that the mother's day become a legal holiday. Amanm that children often ignore to the mother's feelings, she hoped mother's day to be able to let a person think more mother pay everything for family.

The first mother's day on May 10, 1908 in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, in the festival, she was selected as dedicated to mother's flower, and in order to survive.

In 1913, congress passed a bill, on the second Sunday of may every year mother's day as legal. Since then spread to the mother's day!

母亲节起源于希腊，古希腊人在这一天向希腊神话中的众神之母赫拉致敬。在17世纪中叶，母亲节流传到英国，英国人把封斋期的第四个星期天作为母亲节。在这一天里，出门在外的年青人将回到家中， 给他们的母亲带上一些小礼物。

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现代意义上的母亲节起源于美国，由Amanm、Jarvis(1864-1948)发起，她终身未婚，一直陪伴在她母亲身边。于1905年世纪，在母亲去世时， Amanm悲痛欲绝。两年后(1907年)，Amanm和她的朋友开始写信给有影响的部长、商人、议员来寻求支持，以便让母亲节成为一个法定的节日。Amanm认为子女经常忽视了对母亲的感情，她希望母亲节能够让人 多想一想母亲为家庭所付出的一切。

第一个母亲节于1908年5月10日在西弗吉尼亚和宾夕法尼亚州举行， 在这次节日里，康乃磬被选中为献给母亲的花，并以此流传下来。

1913年，美国国会通过了一份议案，将每年5月的第二个星期天作为 法定的母亲节。母亲节从此流传开来!