<P> In 1908 , the US Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother 's Day an official holiday , joking that they would also have to proclaim a `` Mother - in - law 's Day '' . However , owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis , by 1911 all US states observed the holiday , with some of them officially recognizing Mother 's Day as a local holiday , the first being West Virginia , Jarvis ' home state , in 1910 . In 1914 , Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother 's Day , held on the second Sunday in May , as a national holiday to honor mothers . </P>
<P> In 1908 , the US Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother 's Day an official holiday , joking that they would also have to proclaim a `` Mother - in - law 's Day '' . However , owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis , by 1911 all US states observed the holiday , with some of them officially recognizing Mother 's Day as a local holiday , the first being West Virginia , Jarvis ' home state , in 1910 . In 1914 , Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother 's Day , held on the second Sunday in May , as a national holiday to honor mothers . </P>
when did mother 's day become a holiday
when did mother 's day become a holiday
1914
1914