Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of tears!
Meaning
Howe opened her 1870 Mother's Day Proclamation with this call, written in the aftermath of the Civil War and during the Franco-Prussian War. She asked mothers to act for peace together. Today it can inspire you to honor mothers by joining them in a cause they care about.
Source: Mother's Day Proclamation (1870)
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Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) was an American poet, abolitionist and suffragist who wrote 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' and issued the 1870 Mother's Day Proclamation, calling on mothers to unite for peace.
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