Sonora Smart Dodd
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Sep 5, 2026
speaker_1NARRATOR
Why?
Christy KidgerinaHOST
Bryce, the modern Father's Day story begins in the United States in 1909 when a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd was listening to a church sermon about Mother's Day.
Christy KidgerinaHOST
Sonora's mother had died when she was young and her father had raised Sonora and her five brothers by himself.
Bryce CorbettHOST
Yeah, that's right, and Sonora thought that devoted dads like hers deserved a special day too.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Why?
Christy KidgerinaHOST
Bryce, the modern Father's Day story begins in the United States in 1909 when a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd was listening to a church sermon about Mother's Day.
Christy KidgerinaHOST
Sonora's mother had died when she was young and her father had raised Sonora and her five brothers by himself.
Bryce CorbettHOST
Yeah, that's right, and Sonora thought that devoted dads like hers deserved a special day too.