Raised by her father after her mother's death during childbirth, Dodd decided in 1909 that fathers should be accorded a day like Mother's Day.
Dodd's father was born in June, so she lobbied Spokane-area churches to honor fathers during the month.
The first Father's Day was celebrated in 1910 in Spokane, Washington.
President Woodrow Wilson approved of the idea of a national Father's Day in 1916, but did not sign a proclamation for the holiday.
President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday in June would be Father's Day in 1966.
President Richard Nixon made the Father's Day proclamation permanent in 1972.
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