 |
 Mother's Day
as we know it in the United States began with a
tribute to one mother on May 12, 1907. That one
tribute became an annual tradition, and an
"official" holiday in 1914. |
 The Father's Day
we know today began in Spokane, Washington,
thanks to the efforts of Sonora Louise Smart
Dodd, who believed that fathers should be
celebrated with a special day just as mothers
were. The first Father's Day was celebrated on
June 19, 1910. |
 Margaret Sanger
defied social norms and the legal system to found
the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She
lived just long enough to see birth control made
legal for married couples, which happened in
1965. |
 The International
Year of the Child was observed in
1979. A project of the United Nations, the idea
was for countries around the world to focus
attention on the 1.5 billion children who then
populated the Earth. A total of 151 nations took
part in some way or another. |
 The
Curious Courtship Practice Known as Bundling
was an 18th-century custom that allowed a clothed
couple to carry on their courting in bed, even
while that same couple was being reminded of the
evils of having sex before marriage. |
