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Mother’s Day was first organized by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, WV and Philadelphia, PA on May 10, 1908. As the annual celebration gained popularity, Jarvis requested that Congress officially recognize a day to honor mothers. In 1914 Congress designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
Motherhood
- There were 43.5 million mothers between the ages of 15 and 50 in 2014; they gave birth to 95.8 million children
- In 2015, about 64 percent of women ages 15 to 50 who had given birth in the past 12 months were married
- There were 62.5 births for every 1,000 women ages 15 to 44 in 2015, down 1 percent from 2014
- Noah and Emma were the most popular baby names for boys and girls, respectively, in 2015
- There were 5 million stay-at-home moms in married-couple family groups in 2016
- There were 9.8 million single mothers living with children younger than 18 in 2016, up from 7.7 million in 1985
Workforce and Education
- In 2015, 62.4 percent of women ages 16 to 50 who had given birth in the past 12 months had returned to the labor force
- 8 is the percentage of women with a bachelor’s degree or higher who had given birth in the past 12 months, in 2015
- 8 is the percentage of women ages 15 to 50 with at least a high school diploma or equivalent who gave birth in the past year, in 2015
Marketplace
There were 13,419 florists in 2015, down 36.5 percent since 2005
Greeting card publishers in 2015 employed 14,162 people
There were 22,160 jewelry stores in the U.S. in 2015
The 74,589 U.S. child care services employed 888,357 workers in 2015
Mother’s Day is less than a week away, making this a good time to buy your gifts, order flowers or chocolates, and plan how you will celebrate the mothers in your life this Sunday, May 14. NAWRB wishes you and yours a happy Mother’s Day 2017!