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Lederer on Language: Do we celebrate ‘Mother’s Day,’ or is it ‘Mothers’ Day’?

DEAR RICHARD: Shouldn’t the apostrophe in Mothers Day go after the s, as in Mothers’ Day, not before the s, as in Mother’s Day? Isn’t tomorrow a day for ALL mothers? – Michael-Leonard Creditor, Bay Park In the United States, Mother’s Day started in 1908, when Anna Jarvis, a Grafton, W.V., homemaker, organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it Mother’s Work Day and held a memorial to honor her own mother. In 1912, she trademarked the phrases “second Sunday in May” […]

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