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Sonora Louise Smart Dodd (February 18, 1882 – March 22, 1978) was the daughter of American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, and was responsible for the founding of Father's Day.
Jun 14, 2018 · The story goes that William’s daughter, Sonora Smart Dodd, was attending one of the first official Mother’s Day services in 1909 at her church in Spokane, Washington, when she had an...
Jun 18, 2023 · FILE - A rose lies on a grave marker of Sonora Smart Dodd at Greenwood Memorial Terrace on June 16, 1999, in Spokane, Wash. Dodd is known as the founder of the first celebration of Father’s Day in 1910. Sonora Smart Dodd lobbied local church and public officials for its creation.
Jun 18, 2023 · The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington.
Jun 16, 2023 · Here’s what to know about the mother of Father's Day, Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, and her 62-year campaign to establish Father’s Day as a national holiday. The origins of Father’s Day. In 1898,...
Jun 20, 2021 · Sonora Smart Dodd wanted to honor her widowed dad, a farmer and Civil War veteran. She partnered with big business to make it happen.
Jun 18, 2023 · The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington.
Jun 16, 2023 · Sonora Louise Smart Dodd is known as the “Mother of Father’s Day.” She began trying to make Father’s Day an officially recognized holiday in 1909. Sonora Smart was born on February 18, 1882, in Jenny Lind (Sebastian County), the daughter of
Jun 17, 2010 · Sonora Smart Dodd, a young Spokane mother, artist, and poet, conceived the idea in 1909 when she was sitting in Spokane’s Central Methodist Church listening to a Mother’s Day sermon extolling the virtues of mothers.
Jun 18, 2023 · The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington.
