Why did it take so long for Fatherโs Day to be created?
On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation declaring the second Sunday of each May would be โa public expressions of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country,โ also known as, the creation of Motherโs Day.
US job losses in May could raise 3-month total to 30 million
If their forecast of 8 million jobs lost in May proves correct, it would come on top of April's loss of 20.5 million jobs the worst monthly loss on record and bring total job cuts in the three months since the viral outbreak intensified to nearly 30 million. That's more than three times the jobs lost in the 2008-2009 Great Recession. That is still more than all the jobs lost in the Great Recession. Oxford Economics, a consulting firm, estimates that the economy will regain 17 million jobs by year's end, a huge increase by historic standards. Adam Ozimek, chief economist at Upwork, notes that the fastest year for job growth since the Great Recession was 3 million jobs in 2014.
Why did it take so long for Fatherโs Day to be created?
So, what on earth took so long for Fatherโs Day to be a recognized event in the United States? The federal government certainly was opposed to the official creation of Fatherโs Day for the longest time, despite numerous initial attempts to have a Fatherโs Day established. For decades, Congress rejected attempts to make Fatherโs Day an official holiday, but slowly, over that time, that sentiment changed as the role of fathers evolved. According to the National Retail Federation, roughly $15 billion was spent on Fatherโs Day in 2018. No doubt, Fatherโs Day has come a long way from its surprising decades of resistance.