She is a beloved Chosen Daughter of Spokane today. Yet Dodd spread her wings by pursuing dreams and passions far from home. A woman ahead of her time, she was a businessperson, poet, Chicago artist ...
FILE - Betsy Roddy of Los Angeles holds a copy of the Aug. 17, 1910, edition of The River Press of Fort Benton, Mont., on June 12, 2017. The newspaper was one of the first to report on Father's Day, ...
William Smart – a Civil War veteran – was widowed when his wife died giving birth to their sixth child. Despite the difficulties, he raised all of his children alone on a rural farm. It is Sonora ...
Today is Father’s Day. The idea for the enduring holiday originated with Sonora Louise Smart Dodd as a tribute to her father, a widowed Civil War veteran who raised six children on his own. As a ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — You could call her the mother of Father’s Day. The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington. As a result, she is the ...
LOS ANGELES — You could call her the mother of Father’s Day. The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington. As a result, she is the one ...