Father's Day dates back to 1910 in Spokane, Wash., but was not widespread until 1943, in imitation of Mother's Day. Mother seems to take the “pole position” when it comes to celebrating the family. This was not always the case. In earlier times men often provided for their families by working at home (one of my early ancestors, Wat the Honest Weaver, worked in his home.) Little House on the Prairie, TV show or books, is an example of a stay home father in pioneer days on this continent.
The change came with the industrial revolution and the exodus of fathers from the home to the factory. My own father left home Monday to Friday at 5:30am and arrived back at 4:30pm and I was one of the lucky ones, my father was a tradesman, no shiftwork.
Fathers can be used to refer to the originators of something:
the Founding Fathers of the USA,
or in Canada’s case the Fathers of Confederation.
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