About Mother's Day: What You Need to Know
- Facts about the history of the observance, from ancient holidays to the efforts of Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis -- and how the founder of Mother's Day ended up arrested for trying to stop its overcommercialization.
- http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa020506a.htm

The Origin of Mother's Day in the United States
- Learn all about the contributions of three ladies -- Julia Ward Howe, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley and Anna Jarvis -- who have given Mother's Day its present status in U.S.
- http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/mother/history.htm

Roman Roots and English Customs
- Learn about the Greeko-Roman roots of Mother's Day celebrations and the English customs originating in the Middle Ages.
- http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/mother/ancienthist.htm

Mother's Day: A History
- A detailed history of Mother's Day in America. From About.com.
- http://americanhistory.about.com/homework/americanhistory/library/weekly/aa050499.htm

The Mother of Mothers Day
- Tells the story of Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis, the mother behind the national observance.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvtaylor/mother.htm

Mother's Day
- Explains the origins of how this holiday came about, and how it is celebrated.
- http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/canadian_tourism/34359

Mother's Day on the Net - The Story
- Tells the story behind the holiday.
- http://www.holidays.net/mother/story.htm