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Written in 1870, Howe's "Appeal to womanhood" was a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The appeal was tied to Howe's feminist conviction that women had a responsibility to shape their societies at the political level. The original Mothers' Day Proclamation, Julia Ward Howe, 1870:
In 1872 Julia Ward Howe called for women to join in support of disarmament and asked for 2 June 1872, to be established as a "Mother's Day for Peace". Her 1870 "Appeal to womanhood throughout the world" is sometimes referred to as Mother's Day Proclamation. But Howe's day was not for honouring mothers but for organizing pacifist mothers against ...
Julia Ward Howe (/ h aʊ / HOW; [1] May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as new lyrics to an existing song, and the original 1870 pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism and a social activist, particularly for women's suffrage.
"The woman who first proposed Mother's Day in 1870 was the same woman who wrote the lyrics to 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.' After the Civil War, writer Julia Ward Howe suggested a Mother's
From there, suffragette Julia Ward Howe wrote what’s called the Mother’s Day Proclamation two years later in 1870, in an effort to promote world peace and pushed for a Mother’s Peace Day to ...
Besides Valentines Day and Father’s Day, Mother’s Day ranks as the busiest day for restaurants. In a new poll from the National Restaurant Association , 86% of people say they plan to go to ...
In New York City, Julia Ward Howe led a "Mother's Day for Peace" anti-war observance on June 2, 1872, [4] [6] [7] which was accompanied by an "Appeal to womanhood throughout the world" (nowadays known as Mother's Day Proclamation). The observance continued in Boston for about ten years under Howe's sponsorship, then died out. [8]
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