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Generally the coming of kids is a handicap to a girl out there wherein Nature and the present system have positioned her. Though not as well-known as her movie star daughter, Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn left behind a substantial legacy when she died in 1951. Born Katharine Houghton, she followed her personal mother's succinct deathbed recommendation to pursue an schooling, and earned a bachelor's degree in political science and historical past in 1899 and a grasp's in chemistry and physics in 1900 -- both from Bryn Mawr College -- which was an unusual tutorial achievement for a lady at the time. Anna Jarvis organized the primary Mother's Day celebration on May 10, 1908, in Grafton, W. V., to encourage families to honor their mommies dearest with simple, at-home gatherings. Neither a spouse nor mother herself, Jarvis vocally -- and unsuccessfully -- protested Mother's Day-associated charity occasions and floral and sweet gross sales.