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 ...

Sonora Smart Dodd was sitting in church on Mother’s Day 1909. She was thinking about her father, William Jackson Smart, who had lovingly raised her and her siblings as well as the children ...

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 responsible ...

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. As a result, she is the one ...

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 responsible ...

Sonora Smart Dodd – raised by her father after her mother died – spent six decades lobbying everyone from presidents to retailers for support in celebrating Father’s Day nationwide.

Sonora Smart Dodd – raised by her father after her mother died – spent six decades lobbying everyone from presidents to retailers for support in celebrating Father’s Day nationwide.