Julia Ward Howe

American poet and reformer, 1819–1910. 1 explained quote.

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“Arise, then, women of this day!”

Julia Ward Howe · 1870

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“Arise, then, women of this day!”

Julia Ward Howe · “Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World,” later called the Mother's Day Proclamation · 1870 · Activist

Howe called on mothers everywhere to unite and refuse to let their sons be sent to kill other mothers' sons. Her Mother's Day was a day of protest for peace.

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About Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe wrote the words of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” during the Civil War. Afterwards she campaigned for peace, women’s suffrage and the abolition of war, and in 1870 she issued an appeal to the women of the world that later became known as the Mother’s Day Proclamation.

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“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
Battle Hymn of the Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, 1862