The woman who invented Mother's Day — and then fought to destroy it

Janessa makes a Mother's Day card during sixth-grade art at Guadalupe School in Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Mother‘s Day, a holiday celebrated worldwide, will land on May 11 this year. The holiday is meant to honor motherhood, but the establishment of the day was anything but simple. What should it mean? How should it be observed? Behind the flowers and cards lies a history tangled with activism, grief and the question of how to properly honor the women who have sacrificed so much for their children. The...