In 1898, Dodd’s mother, Ellen Victory Cheek-Billingsley Smart, died when Sonora was 16 years old. Her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran, took on the role of primary caregiver ...

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 for those annual gifts that run the gamut from ...

Jerry and Bev Numbers are convinced that Spokane’s Sonora Smart Dodd, who founded Father’s Day 100 years ago today, was an extraordinary woman. A Renaissance woman. They ought to know. They ...

Despite the resistance to the idea of an annual, nationally recognized Father's Day, Dodd and her allies continued to actively campaign for the holiday for more than six decades until 1972, when ...

Father's Day is on June 18, 2023. Here's the history behind Spokane resident Sonora Smart Dodd starting the holiday in 1910.

Owner of the Sonora Smart Dodd House - the Father's Day House - Jerry Numbers stand on the front porch together with Mayor Mary Verner and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

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 for those annual gifts that run the gamut from ...

Father's Day is on June 18, 2023. Here's the history behind Spokane resident Sonora Smart Dodd starting the holiday in 1910.

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.

Father's Day is on June 18, 2023. Here's the history behind Spokane resident Sonora Smart Dodd starting the holiday in 1910.

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 ...