Mother’s Day in U.S. began in 1870, a day to organize mothers to work for peace. Its Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe says abt war “The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor…"The U.S. today abuses mothers & children around the world, including here at home.

#tdih "Arise, then, women of this day! Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.” -- Julia Ward Howe, 1870 #MothersDay Proclamation Don't let Hallmark co-opt (profit from) day, give gift of #FreeBlackMamas @nationalbailout.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mo...

Mothers' Day for Peace, as originally proposed by poet and philanthropist Julia Ward Howe in 1872: "Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking of carnage...Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience."

Julia Ward Howe, issued the 1870 Mother's Day Proclamation calling on mothers to unite against war after the devastation of the Civil & Franco-Prussian Wars. The original spirit of Mother's Day carried a deeply political, anti-war message rooted in grief, resistance, & the moral authority of mothers

‘‘“Mothers’ Day”…started in the 1870s, when the sheer enormity of the death caused by the Civil War & the Franco-Prussian War convinced writer & reformer Julia Ward Howe that women must take control of politics from the men who had permitted such carnage.’ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Mother’s Day and its radical roots remind us that we cannot ensure bodily autonomy, the right to have children, the right to not have children, and the right to parent the children we have in safe and sustainable environments without an end to genocide and war.

it is against true religion. Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion. -Julia Ward Howe Mt. Princeton Buena Vista Colorado Photographer: Candy’s Captures

ARISE, WOMEN! The true origins of Mothers' Day, with fascinating details on Julia Ward Howe, her writings, organizing, her Woman's Peace Movement. "Why do not the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone know and bear the cost?” JWH

➡️ "The "Battle Hymn of the Republic' is a famous American patriotic anthem written by abolitionist Julia Ward Howe in 1861 during the Civil War. The lyrics use biblical imagery to equate the Union cause with divine justice. It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862."

"While we celebrate the modern version of Mother’s Day, in this momentous year of 2026, it’s worth remembering the original Mothers’ Day and Julia Ward Howe’s conviction that women must have the same rights as men, and that they must make their voices heard." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Happy Mother’s Day! The holiday has its origins in Philly. But I choose to believe the Mother’s Day origin story of a wild day in Albion, Michigan, with a mom stepping up to lead a church service after a pastor freaked out over his son allegedly being forced to drink by anti-temperance ragamuffins

Happy Mothers' Day! Women of the world, if you do nothing else for yourselves today, read this, a gift from Heather Cox Richardson who, like Julia Ward Howe, is and forever will be, a true American heroine. Thank you, @hcrichardson.bsky.social 💙 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Your annual reminder that Mothers’ Day began when Julia Ward Howe called for American women to gather once a year to listen to sermons, present essays, sing hymns or pray if they wished — in the name of promoting peace after the trauma of losing sons in the Civil War

From her home in Boston, Julia Ward Howe was a key figure in the American Woman Suffrage Association. She was an enormously talented writer who in the early years of the Civil War had penned “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a hymn whose lyrics made it a point to note Christ was “born of woman.”

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! But Let’s Not Forget MOTHERS’ DAY as begun by Julia Ward Howe to make it an updated Demand for Full Empowerment More Women in the Highest Roles of Leadership open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...