Motherhood
5 ESSENTIAL THINGS ABOUT MOTHERHOOD
1. 25.2 - The average age of a first-time mother in the United States.
2. The percentage of U.S. women aged 40 to 44 who are mothers is 81%. In 1976, it was 90%.
3. Anna Marie Jarvis, whose efforts led to the creation of Mother's Day in 1914, came to detest the holiday because of its commercialization. She is said to have bankrupted herself campaigning against the holiday and died in poverty in 1948.
4. After finishing the iconic painting of his Mom that has come to be known as "Whistler's Mother," James McNeill Whistler is said to have remarked, "One does like to make one's mummy just as nice as possible." but Whistler was low on sentiment and named the portrait "Arrangement In Grey And Black." In 1878, Broke from suing art critic John Ruskin for libel, he pawned the painting for a few bucks. Today, it resides in Paris' Musee D'Orsay.
5. The Doors' song "The End," which is ranked 328 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs, is a profane homage to Oedipus, the guy who killed his father and married his mother. Lead singer Jim Morrison worked on a production of Sophocles' play "Oedipus the King" while in college.
Copyright © 2007, Jeff Lyon Chicago Tribune
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM!
1. 25.2 - The average age of a first-time mother in the United States.
2. The percentage of U.S. women aged 40 to 44 who are mothers is 81%. In 1976, it was 90%.
3. Anna Marie Jarvis, whose efforts led to the creation of Mother's Day in 1914, came to detest the holiday because of its commercialization. She is said to have bankrupted herself campaigning against the holiday and died in poverty in 1948.
4. After finishing the iconic painting of his Mom that has come to be known as "Whistler's Mother," James McNeill Whistler is said to have remarked, "One does like to make one's mummy just as nice as possible." but Whistler was low on sentiment and named the portrait "Arrangement In Grey And Black." In 1878, Broke from suing art critic John Ruskin for libel, he pawned the painting for a few bucks. Today, it resides in Paris' Musee D'Orsay.
5. The Doors' song "The End," which is ranked 328 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs, is a profane homage to Oedipus, the guy who killed his father and married his mother. Lead singer Jim Morrison worked on a production of Sophocles' play "Oedipus the King" while in college.
Copyright © 2007, Jeff Lyon Chicago Tribune
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM!
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