The original Mother's Day (hint: it's not from Hallmark)

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	The original Mother's Day (hint: it's not from Hallmark)

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5-12-2008 1:00 AM

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gender, history, women, peace, war, primary_source, america

enbar says:

Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic, was one of the early advocates for a national Mother's Day holiday, as an antiwar organizing effort. Here's her "Mother's Day Proclamation" from 1870.

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5-12-2008 3:50 AM

debbyski

Isn't it interesting how we have "commercialized" things like Mother's Day? Thank you for this Enbar.

5-12-2008 3:02 PM

carrerinyes

Love it!

5-13-2008 4:41 PM

Johanna_G

! ! ! ! !

Mütter aller Länder, vereinigt euch!
Mothers of the world, unite!

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Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
"We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
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Will be too tender of those of another country<BR /><DIV>
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Nor violence indicate possession.
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At the summons of war,
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