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WVreaper

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3. Julia Ward Howe wrote a proclamation that Mother's Day should be recognized.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sun May 9, 2021, 12:21 PM

May 2021

However, it was not until May 10,1908 for the first Mother's day to be celebrated in Grafton West Virginia. Anna Jarvis pushed for the day to be celebrated in honor of her mother and all other mothers.

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Lest we forget: the original Mothers' Day was an anti-war protest, led by feminists, and social [View all] niyad May 2021 OP

Here you go... Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #1

Thank you so much for this. niyad May 2021 #2

Howe was a Unitarian, abolitionist, women's suffrage and peace activist, preacher and poet Wicked Blue May 2021 #5

Thank you for including this bio of this truly remarkable woman. niyad May 2021 #7

Julia Ward Howe wrote a proclamation that Mother's Day should be recognized. WVreaper May 2021 #3

Read the Proclamation, which is anti-war. Jarvis came from a very different perspective. Her niyad May 2021 #4

Thank you! Kath2 May 2021 #6

You are most welcome. niyad May 2021 #8