Most associate Mother\u2019s Day with cards, flowers and calls to mom.<\/p>\n
But few in contemporary America understand the origins of the holiday. The early advocates of Mother\u2019s Day envisioned it as a day of peace. In 1870 \u2014 nearly 40 years before it became an official U.S. holiday in 1914 \u2014 the activist minded Julia Ward Howe issued a Mother\u2019s Day Proclamation, which called upon mothers of all nationalities to band together to promote a peaceful solution to international questions in the name of peace. \u00a0She envisioned a Mother\u2019s Day where women from all over the world could meet to discuss the means to achieve world peace.<\/p>\n
Julia Ward Howe was an abolitionist, feminist, poet, and the author of \u201cThe Battle Hymn of the Republic.\u201d Howe experienced the horrors of war firsthand. She tended to the wounded during the Civil War and worked with the widows and orphans of soldiers on both sides of the war. The devastation she witnessed during the civil war raised her consciousness on the issues of peace. Ward saw the issue of war through the prism of feminism.\u00a0 She encouraged women to \u201crise up through the ashes and devastation,\u201d urging a Mother\u2019s Day dedicated to peace.<\/p>\n
Support for Mother\u2019s Day grew and finally it became a national holiday in the early 1900\u2019s with the efforts of Anna Jarvis, who had been inspired by her mother, also named Anna Jarvis, who had teamed with Julia Ward Howe in earlier efforts for a Mother\u2019s Day. The beginnings of Mother\u2019s Day has been lost to the average citizen as the years came and went. However, in contemporary America, many are still interested in causes Howe promoted in the 1800\u2019s.\u00a0 It can be witnessed in the dissent currently alive in the streets and the population at large. Although Howe\u2019s name and her role in Mother\u2019s Day isn\u2019t well known, her consciousness shows no signs of dying.<\/p>\n
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