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The world will celebrate Father's Day on 18 June 2023. Sonora Smart Dodd founded Father's Day in 1910, inspired by the incredible example of her twice-widowed yet devoted father.

The world will celebrate Father's Day on 18 June 2023. Sonora Smart Dodd founded Father's Day in 1910, inspired by the incredible example of her twice-widowed yet devoted father. Dodd's father, William Jackson Smart, was a civil war veteran and a great father. Sonora hailed from Spokane, Washington, where she created the first day of devotion to fathers. Today, people call her the 'Chosen Daughter of Spokane.' Dodd was a businessperson, poet, artist, and Hollywood fashion maker. She was a woman way ahead of her time who pursued her passions far from home in Chicago. Moreover, she was a devoted daughter. Betsy Roddy, Dodd's great-granddaughter and family historian, told Fox News, "She claimed all these achievements as a wife and mother who never lost her desire to grow and learn." Dodd gifted Roddy and other loved ones with books and always encouraged her family members. "She would inscribe them to 'Little Betsy' with this beautiful handwriting. She told everyone to be educated, and watch your words, words have power," Roddy added. Dodd's remarkable journey dates back to when only a few women could vote. Society did not welcome the notion of a day dedicated to fathers. Here's everything you need to know about Sonoro Smart Dodd, the founder of Father's Day. Sonora Louise Smart & her father Sonora Louise Smart was born on 18 February 1882, in Jenny Lind, Arkansas, to William Jackson and Ellen Victory Cheek (Billingsley) Smart. "I recall that Jenny Lind was a happy sort of place with lilac blooms, an orchard aflower, a crystal spring, and hickory, pecan and walnuts in autumn," she wrote in a letter dated 20 April 1950. Her father served with the First Arkansas Light Artillery of the Union Army during the Civil War. He had three children with his first wife Elizabeth. However, she died 13 years later. In 1880, William married Ellen, who already had three children. They had six children together, and Sonora was their eldest child. According to Roddy, Steps, halves and wholes, they "laughingly" called the family of 12 children. Sonora was seven when the family moved to a soldier's homestead in Eastern Washington. However, Smart's second wife died in childbirth on 2 March 1898. Dodd's father instinctively took command of the sudden new responsibilities. "It is not difficult to recall the twilight of an early March day at the turn of the century when bereavement came to us at the loss of our mother," Dodd said in an interview in 1964. "Father assumed the role of father-mother in the rearing of his six children. This role he performed with courage and selflessness until we were all in homes of our own," she added. On 19 June 1910, Spokane celebrated Father's Day for the first time with church speeches and other activities around the city. Sonora Smart Dodd spent decades advocating for Father's Day. On 18 June 1932, the Spokesman-Review reported on events. After six decades of Dodd's advocacy, the US Congress finally enacted a joint Father's Day resolution on 28 December 1970. WATCH WION LIVE HERE

Father's Day 2023: Story of Sonora Smart Dodd, daughter of Civil War veteran behind the special day

Today, the entire world is celebrating Father's Day and we all are expressing our love and gratitude to the main man in our lives. Everyone is celebrating the big day in their own way, some are cooking delicious food, while others are just chilling, relaxing, and binge-watching their favourite shows together.

Today, the entire world is celebrating Father's Day and we all are expressing our love and gratitude to the main man in our lives. Everyone is celebrating the big day in their own way, some are cooking delicious food, while others are just chilling, relaxing, and binge-watching their favourite shows together. Marking the special day, celebrities have also shared some precious and unseen photos with a heartfelt notes for their dear daddies. Stars like Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, and Karan Singh Grover, who is celebrating his first Father's Day after welcoming his daughter Devi with actress Bipasha Basu, have shared heartwarming posts. Kareena calls Saif Ali Khan, the 'hottest dad' Wishing Saif, with whom she shares two sons, Taimur and Jeh, Kareena shared a cool selfie with her husband in which they are sporting funny sunglasses. Sharing the picture, she wrote, "To the Coolest of them All…Happy Father’s Day Gorgeous Man #Hottest DAD… #Everyone Agrees." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kareena Kapoor Khan (@kareenakapoorkhan) × Bipasha Basu: The sweet magic of this father’s love View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bipasha Basu (@bipashabasu) × Bipasha shared an adorable video showing Karan pampering their daughter Devi. Sharing the picture, she wrote, ''The day we concieved Devi her Father was born ❤️ Not a day passed by when @iamksgofficial didn’t speak or sang to his daughter in my tummy❤️And from the day she was born… till now each day ,I witness the sweet magic of this father’s love . Devi is the luckiest girl to have the most amazing father … her Papa. Her eyes light up with just his voice . It’s no fun without papa … eating, playing, bathing, massage time, terrace time , dippy dippy time, naps- Papa always makes everything more fun ❤️🧿We love you Papa ❤️You are our everything ❤️🧿Thank you for being soooooo awesome ❤️🧿. Happy first Father’s Day to you.'' Karan Johar's biggest blessing View this post on Instagram A post shared by Karan Johar (@karanjohar) × On the special day, Karan remembered his late father Yash Johar. Sharing a montage video featuring clips of his late father, his two kids Yash and Roohi and his mother, he wrote, "My biggest blessings, my biggest strengths, my biggest critics & my biggest reasons for everything I do. Thank you for making me a father Roohi & Yash! Dada loves you very very much. And thank you papa, for being the guiding light. If today I can be even half of the father figure as you, to my kids - I will consider that as my biggest victory. #FathersDay." Twinkle Khanna's wish for Mr K View this post on Instagram A post shared by Viral Bhayani (@viralbhayani) × Praising how Akshay always keeps his family ahead of himself, Twinkle wrote on her Instagram post, ''Some of the reasons for marrying Mr K revolved around knowing he would be a great father after watching him deal with his family, the other was the hope that my future children inherit some of his fine genes. And looking at him in his fifties, I would say that his children are lucky if they have inherited half of their genetic material from him.'' ''Happy Father's Day to a man who always puts his family ahead of himself.'' Anand Ahuja's message for his little Vayu Anand shared a beautiful picture with his son Vayu and wrote, ''you should never quit; and you should never try to explain…” #EverydayPhenomenal #VayusParents 🧿 🌞.'' View this post on Instagram A post shared by anand s ahuja (@anandahuja) × Arbaaz Khan shared a bunch of photos as he wished his father Salim Khan on Father's Day and simply wrote, ''Daddy'' with the heart emoji. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Arbaaz Khan (@arbaazkhanofficial) ×

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