Indira Gandhi was the first (and so far only) female prime minister of India and the mother of two sons. Express Newspapers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Flowers are some of the most commonly purchased items in the United States on the second Sunday in May. Indeed, Mother s Day is like the Black Friday of the floral industry about 30 percent of American adults bought blooms to celebrate the day according to the Society of American Florists. It s also the most popular day of the year for folks to dine at restaurants [source: National Restaurant Association]. But oddly enough, the woman responsible for ushering Mother s Day into existence likely wouldn t approve of such extravagant spending.