Mother’s Day: why the United States and other countries celebrate it in May

East second Sunday of Mayin the United States and some countries in Latin America and in the world Mother’s Day. At home, millions of families are preparing to celebrate together and with joy the date that honors those who brought us into the world.

But do we know why choose this day to commemorate them and honor all the love they give us? Do we know what came from this good practice?

Why the second Sunday of May is Mother’s Day: the history of tradition

Although the UN General Assembly declared in 2012 that June 1 was World Mother’s and Father’s Day, this date was not very well received.

In this sense, Mother’s Day is celebrated on different dates, but it is celebrated by most countries. second Sunday of May.

As the story goes, it is USA where the celebration began for the first time Mother’s Day. Although the first suggestion was made by the great defender of women’s rights Julia Ward-Howe in 1872, the date was established a few years later.

The second Sunday of May was chosen in honor of Ann Reeves Jarvisa social activist died May 9, 1905.

It was his son Anna Jarvisbegan a strong movement to establish Mother’s Day in the United States every second Sunday of May (the date closest to their mother’s death), as a day on which children could honor the women who gave them so much love.

In 1907, Ann celebrated the first Mother’s Day in her honor and then started a intense battles, sending letters to all the governors of the country to establish the day. He insisted that in the end, his efforts achieved the expected result, which the site highlights management.pe.

So, in 1914, woodrow wilsonthe country’s then president, signed a bill to recognize Jarvis ’Mother’s Day as National holiday.

Which countries celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May?

Following this custom, some countries in Latin America also joined on the selected date in the United States. This is how in Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Cuba, Peru, Honduras, Uruguay, Venezuela and some regions of Colombia they also celebrate this day.

Within other parts of the worldCzech Republic, Germany, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Philippines, Finland, Greece, Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and Ukraine also chose this day as the one to honor mothers.

When is Mother’s Day in Mexico?

Ang Mother’s Day in Mexico it has a peculiarity. In that country the May 10 and not the second Sunday of the month. The origin of this date dates back to 1922.

It happens that at the beginning of the 20th century, in Yucatanappeared women’s movements They discussed maternity, contraceptive methods, emancipation and women’s rights, something that was not common at the time.

Ang great diaryof the journalist Rafael Alducinas opposed to the claims of these women, published on an initiative: he proposed his readers to suggest a date for mothers to have their day. The selection is May 10.

The medium did it with a purpose “pay tribute to love and respect” of mothers. An implicit agreement between the Mexicans became official in the publication of Excelsior.

When is Mother’s Day in Argentina?

In Argentina, the Mother’s Day is he third week of October due to the ancient celebration of the liturgical calendar that reminded the Motherhood of the Virgin Mary in that month.

The origin of the date is based, therefore, on a celebration of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XI, in 1931, dedicated the 11th October sa “Divine Maternity of Mary” as a reminder that 1500 years ago, in 431, the Council of Ephesus declared Mary to be the true Mother of Christ.

For this reason, Argentina established that the Sunday before or after that date be celebrated Mother’s Day. Over time, the third Sunday of October was established as a fixed date.