Who is considered the founder of Father's Day? A - Anna Jarvis
B - Eleanor Roosevelt
C - Sonora Dodd
D - Martha Washington
Answer: C - Sonora Dodd Sonora Smart Dodd, of Spokane, Washington, started the tradition of Father's Day in the honor of her dad, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran. In 1909, Dodd heard a church sermon about Mother’s Day, which had recently become a recognized holiday, and she wondered why there was no Father’s Day. Dodd began a rigorous campaign to celebrate Father's Day in the United States. The first local Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington. Sonora Smart Dodd became known as the Mother of Father's Day.