![]() Anne died in 1905, after that Anna campaigned tirelessly to bring her mother's vision to life, a day to memorialize and honor mothers. ![]() After the war Anna's mother, Anne, started a mother's friendship day for soldiers and their families from both sides. Then the Civil War started and Anne Jarvis's public health work in the service of mothers shifted to caring for wounded soldiers on both sides of the war. Anna Jarvis had watched mother Anne develop mother's day work clubs in the late 1850s to help product infant mortality. Stay with us.Īlex Chambers: One version of the story is that it was all the Jarvis's. That's all coming up on Inner States from WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana with me Alex Chambers. We also have Mother's Rules from poet Yalie Kamara. It's about two mothers on either side of the Atlantic and the daughter they come to share. ![]() Jacinda Townsend: I love to poke holes in this trip of the perfect mother because we are just as lovable for our imperfections.Īlex Chambers: This week on Inner States WFIU'sYaël Ksander talks with novelist Jacinda Townsend about her latest novel Mother Country. ![]()
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