Question

The History of Mother's Day Mother's Day is a special day when people honor special day like this. In the United States and Canada, Mother's Day is always celebrated on the mothers. Many countries have second Sunday of May. Mother's Day is not a new holiday. The ancient Greeks celebrated the goddess Rhea, who represented motherhood, with flowers, sweet treats and wine. Later Christians borrowed the tradition and celebrated the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the 1600s in England, Mothering Sunday was a special day where servants were allowed to leave work and spend the day their mothers In America, the idea of ​​Mother's Day came from two different women. In 1872 a woman from Boston named Julia Ward Howe first tried to create Mother's Day. Then, 1902, Anna Jarvis started a local celebration in her town in West Virginia. She wanted the holiday to be celebrated on the day of her own mother's death. She wrote letters to many politicians, until eventually, the president of the United States agreed to create national Mother's Day in 1914. 2) Answer these questions: a) Who is Rhea? b) Who are the two women that made the idea for Mother's Day in the USA? c) When did the president create national Mother's Day? d) Do you think Mother's Day is an important holiday? Tell why or not.​

Answer 1

Resposta:

a) Rhea was a greek goddes, who represented motherhood.

b)Julia Ward Howe (1872) and Anna Jarvis (1902).

c) In 1914.

d) Yes, because mothers usually give love and care about their children and they deserve beig recognized and thanked for that, even if they're not our biological mother.

Explicação:

a) Rhea era uma deusa Grega, que representava a maternidade.

b) Julia Ward Howe (1872) e Anna Jarvis (1902).

c) Em 1914.

d) Sim, porque as mães geralmente dão amor e cuidam de seus filhos e elas merecem serem reconhecidas e agradecidas por isso, mesmo se não forem nossas mães biológicas.