Mother’s Day wasn't always about mani-pedis and jewelry: the holiday was originally conceived as a call against war. In the
aftermath of the Civil War, social activist
Julia Ward Howe issued the Mother’s
Day Proclamation, hoping to begin an annual day of uniting mothers in the fight
for peace. Howe’s Mother’s Day for Peace never got formally established—and our
national maternal remembrance day instead became the most popular day of the
year to dine out. I’m not really up for social commentary today (maybe it's all those mimosas
I had at brunch), so without further ado, I present you Howe’s
Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870.
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