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The Dark Money Behind Mother's Day
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Unfairness of Mother's Day
For a few years, the florists were the perfect allies for Anna Marie Jarvis. She wanted to be recognized as the sole creator of Mother's Day. Around 1920, Jarvis started to make a nuisance of herself. It is not for strangers to meddle with. Perhaps she also felt resentful that her story had been exploited and grew tired of being an unpaid saleswoman for the florist.
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