Mother's Day for Peace proclamation

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The Mother's Day for Peace proclamation is an 1870 anti-war appeal by Julia Ward Howe calling on women worldwide to unite for peace and oppose the carnage of war.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war appeal
historical document
political manifesto
advocates moral authority of women in public life
peaceful resolution of conflicts
alsoKnownAs Mother's Day Proclamation
associatedWith Mother's Day for Peace
author Julia Ward Howe
callsFor international women's congresses for peace
women to refuse to support war
countryOfOrigin United States
genre proclamation
hasSubject mothers
war and peace
historicalContext Franco-Prussian War period
post–American Civil War era
ideology Christian-influenced pacifism
influenced early Mother's Day observances in the United States
language English
mainTheme opposition to war
peace
women's activism
movement early feminist peace activism
peace movement
opposes militarism
organized violence between nations
placeOfFirstCirculation Boston
politicalPosition pacifist
publicationYear 1870
purpose to call women worldwide to unite for peace
to oppose the carnage of war
relatedTo Julia Ward Howe
Mother's Day
significance important text in the history of women's peace movements
one of the earliest American documents linking Mother's Day with peace
targetAudience women worldwide
timePeriod 19th century

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Mother's Day for Peace proclamation ("Mother's Day Proclamation")
alsoKnownAs
Mother's Day for Peace proclamation ("Mother's Day for Peace")
associatedWith
Julia Ward Howe
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Julia Ward Howe ("Mother's Day Proclamation")
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