Whoopi Goldberg's Mother of a Gaffe: A Man Invented Mother's Day

May 8th, 2009 4:39 PM
Mother's Day was invented by Anna Jarvis, a West Virginian who, from 1907 to 1914 devoted considerable energy to establishing state and national holidays marking Mother's Day. Jarvis's inspiration, of course, was her deep devotion to her late mother. But don't tell Whoopi Goldberg that. [audio for download here]"I feel like Mother's Day is a man's holiday. You know, because it was put together, a…