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- Sonora Smart Dodd - Wikipedia
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 [1] [2] [3] Early life
- Her great-grandmother, raised by a single dad, started Father’s Day in 1910
William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran who worked as a farmer, raised Dodd and her brothers - Charles, George, Marshall, Henry and Fred - alone after their mother, Ellen, died in childbirth in
- The Man Who Inspired Father’s Day - HISTORY
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
- Sonora Dodd: Creator of Fathers Day - Fairmount Memorial
William Smart was a sergeant in the Union's First Arkansas Light Artillery during the Civil War When Sonora was seven years old, the Smart family moved from Marion, Arkansas to a farm between Creston, Washington and Wilbur, Washington in 1889
- Dodd, Sonora Louise Smart - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
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 William Jackson Smart, a farmer and Civil War veteran, and Ellen Victoria Cheek Smart She was
- The Person Who Invented Fathers Day Is Actually a Mom
Though she died in 1978, Logan Camporeale, a historic preservation specialist in Spokane, says Dodd’s legacy lives on in the city of Spokane “Some churches still have Father’s Day sermons,” he says “And, the city of Spokane has made a habit of recognizing Sonora Smart Dodd on the anniversary celebrations of the first Father’s Day ”
- Father’s Day 2025: Who Started Father’s Day? Know the Legacy of Sonora . . .
Sonora Louise Smart Dodd was born in 1882 in Arkansas At the age of five, Sonora's family moved to Spokane, Washington Her mother passed away when Sonora was 16, and her father alone raised all
- Fathers Day: Holidays female founder was a renegade | AP News
Sonora Smart Dodd lobbied local church and public officials for its creation In the years that followed, Father’s Day grew to become an international event and Dodd lived to see President Richard Nixon declare it an official U S holiday in 1972
- In Honor of Her Father - The tale of Sonora Smart Dodd, the mother of . . .
A stone marker in front of a modest home at 603 S Arthur St commemorates the life of Sonora Smart Dodd, known for her creation of Father’s Day Born in 1882, in Jenny Lind, Arkansas she was 5 years old when her family migrated to Spokane, Washington
- Fathers Day 2023: Story of Sonora Smart Dodd, daughter of Civil . . . - WION
Sonora Smart Dodd founded Father's Day in 1910, inspired by the incredible example of her twice-widowed yet devoted father Dodd's father, William Jackson Smart, was a civil war veteran and a great father
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