Father's Day was founded in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910 by Sonars Smart Dodd. Her father, a Civil War veteran, William Jackson Smart, was a single parent, who raised his six kids.
A coal mining accident in 1908 contributed to the first modern day Father's Day. A holiday was created to grieve the fallen, mostly fathers who passed away in a coal mining accident in 1907 in Monongah, West Virginia.
It's important to have both mother and father figure in your life, as to learn from them the things to come from the good and the bad in life. However, in the United States, there are 2 million fathers who take care of their children alone. This number accounts for 17% of families with one of the parent present.