Jarvis, who never had children, acted partly out of ego, says Katharine Antolini, an historian at West Virginia Wesleyan College and author of Memorializing Motherhood: Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother's Day.

西弗吉尼亚州韦斯利安学院历史学家、《纪念母亲节：安娜·贾维斯与母亲节控制之争》一书的作者凯瑟琳·安托利尼（Katharine Antolini）说，贾维斯从未有过孩子，她的行为一定程度上是为了满足个人自尊心。