How One Woman’s Dedication Gave Dads Their Special Day

How Father's Day began when a tireless young woman honored her Civil War veteran single dad

Father's Day falls on Sunday, June 15 this year. The holiday will see families gathered together to honor and celebrate father figures in all forms, from grandfathers to stepdads and 'chosen' dads. And the origin of Father's Day has a deep connection to American history and single dads.It's a story that begins in Spokane, Washington in 1909, with a young woman named Sonora Smart Dodd. It's an important tale in American history that was uncovered…

How a Spokane daughter raised by her single dad started Father's Day in 1910

Sonora Dodd’s dedication to her father led to a decades-long fight for Father’s Day to become a national holiday

How Father's Day got started 115 years ago

Sunday marks 115 years since the first Father's Day celebration. Ahead of that special day, we celebrate dads and the daughter who inspired the annual tradition.

How one woman’s dedication gave dads their special day

Betsy Roddy’s family used to send a Father’s Day card each year to her great-grandmother, Sonora Dodd. The unusual practice seemed an obvious tradition to...

Her great-grandmother, raised by a single dad, started Father’s Day in 1910

Betsy Roddy’s family used to send a Father’s Day card each year to her great-grandmother, Sonora Dodd. The unusual practice seemed an obvious tradition to her family: Dodd invented Father’s Day.

MATTHEWS: Happy Father’s Day in heaven, Dad-o

Three years ago this month, I lost my dad. It was on June 11, eight days before Father’s Day. Losing a loved one is never easy, but to have it happen so close to that special day made the sorrow cut a little deeper. About two weeks after Mom and I said goodbye to him, we got a call from his prima