My Hero - Mother's Day 2003

The Founder of Mother's Day - Anna Jarvis Anna promoted and achieved the proclamation of Mother's Day as a national holiday, in honor of her mother, Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis. She is a hero because of her determination, perseverance and resilience towards her causes and beliefs.

"My hero is not a movie star... but she's far more of a hero to me than anyone else could be."	Gerda Klein is a mother, author, Oscar winner and holocaust survivor.	With his mother's love and guidance, and his own hard work, Dr. Carson went from the bottom of the class to the top.	Elizabeth Glaser created the Pediatric AIDS Foundation	Daphna Ziman, founder of Children Uniting Nations.	Raja Weksler helped her daughter survive a concentration camp.
Many children young and old write to MY HERO about their mothers. They write about mothers as mentors, mothers who are single parents, and mothers whose unconditional love makes them heroes. Some visitors write about women who are not birth mothers, but who are like a mother to them.

Mothers of all kinds are heroes	My Mom is my hero	Famous Mothers throughout history.	Sign the My Hero Mother's Day Guestbook	View the My Hero Mother's Day Guestbook	Read Mother's Day entries from over the years