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The Dark Money Behind Mother's Day

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

The Importance of Fraud on Mother's Day

Anna Marie Jarvis registered the Mother's Day International Association and copyrighted a white carnation emblem. She was implacably hostile towards rival Mother's Day campaigns. In 1908, she sent a telegram to the Henderson, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce: Why don't you stop fraud against Mother's Day through misrepresentation about founder?

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