How has that challenges you faced growing up helped shape you as an individual today especially as it pertains to business and entrepreneurship? When reading Iron Boy, the book struck me as a story on struggle, but more so about survival and endurance. I didn't know it will take me another twenty years to do it? I promised myself if I made it to the age of 40 years old, I would put it all down in writing.
Why was you story Iron Boy one that you felt you needed to share with the world? Recently we caught up with Bozikas so we could learn more about this amazing human and very talented writer. Her efforts to maintain the original meaning to the day were unsuccessful and she later passed away on Nov.
“A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world,” Jarvis was quoted saying. She would go on to protest against the commercialism of Mother’s Day publicly and even endorsed boycotts of florists who raised the prices of carnations every May. Buying gifts, flowers, and cards disgusted Jarvis, and she ultimately tried to tear down something she started. Over the years, Mother’s Day soared in popularity and brought with it commercialism. Not a mother herself, she could not participate in her own holiday, but that was not her major issue. Now, Jarvis’ dream of creating a national holiday to honor mothers was successful. Her dream was soon accomplished when 7 years after her original campaign, President Woodrow Wilson declared it a national holiday and to be celebrated the second Sunday in May. She eventually went on to quit her job to pursue making Mother’s Day a national holiday. Jarvis’ determination did not stop there. At the time, Jarvis reportedly said, “Its whiteness is to symbolize the truth, purity and broad-charity of mother love its fragrance, her memory, and her prayers.” It is reported that 3-5 million people took place in the festivities those involved wore a white carnation, Jarvis’ favorite flower, to honor mothers.
Only a few years after her mother passed, Jarvis had her first major push for the holiday, and it was celebrated in her child hood town of Grafton, WV and her hometown of Philadelphia, PA. Anna Jarvis was instrumental with trying to fulfill her mother’s aspirations, and the push for mother’s day began shortly after her mother’s death. She is entitled to it.” It was her mother’s dream to ensure that mothers have a day of appreciation, but her life was taken from her before she could make an impact. The death of her mother devastated Anna.īefore her death, her mother was quoted saying, “I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother’s day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field. However, Ann Reeves Jarvis lost the battle to her heart problems and passed away on May 9, 1905. Her mother moved to Philadelphia so that Anna and her brother could take care of her. In 1904, tragedy hit and Jarvis’ mother’s health was in decline. Jarvis seemed to be a jack of all trades.Īlthough very far from home, Jarvis still maintained a great relationship with her mother, and Ann Reeves Jarvis expressed how proud she was of her daughter’s achievements. Not even a year later, she was back on the road and moved to Philadelphia, PA with her brother where she became the first female literacy and advertising editor at her brother’s business. Jarvis and her mother remained extremely close however, a few years later she moved to Chattanooga, TN and worked as a bank teller. Upon graduation, she joined her mother in the public school system in Grafton, WV. Many of her mother’s actions inspired Jarvis.Īfter encouragement from her mother, Jarvis attended college and graduated from the August Female Seminary School in Staunton, VA. She started an organization called the Mother’s Day Work Club which brought together mothers and women to promote cleanliness and to nurse wounded soldiers during the Civil War.
Her mother was very vocal in her community. At a very young age, Anna Jarvis took a very fond appreciation of her mother, more than the majority of children.
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