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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:
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.
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]
Prior to Jarvis, there were attempts to establish a holiday that honored mothers. Julia Ward Howe wrote the "Mother’s Day Proclamation" in 1870, calling for moms everywhere to come together for ...
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 ...
While both mother and daughter were instrumental in the creation of the holiday, other supporters included abolitionist and suffragette Julia Ward Howe, temperance activist Juliet Calhoun Blakely ...
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