All About Our Mothers: A Playlist for a Feminist Future
Mother’s Day is a celebration of mothering with anti-war origins. As a response to the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe, an activist and suffragist promoted a Mothers’ Peace Day beginning in 1872. Howe called for women “to gather once a year in parlors, churches, or social halls, to listen to sermons, present essays, sing … [Read more…]