May 16, 2022
After seeing last week’s episode
summary that acknowledged the strange timing of women’s
reproductive health being threatened on the same week we celebrate
Mother’s Day, a friend shared Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter
written on the eve of Mother’s Day. I felt compelled to share the
history of the original Mothers’ Day and Julia Ward Howe’s
conviction that women must make their voices heard.
May we all continue to promote women’s right to have a say in
American government. May we honor Howe’s strong belief that women,
as mothers, have a special role to perform in the world. May the
mothers of mankind have the courage to interfere in the madness.
May I, and all mothers, continue to teach our children charity,
mercy, and patience. May I and all mothers, be too tender of those
of another country to allow our children to be trained to injure
people from another country. May Mama
Bears throughout the world
be inspired by Julia Ward Howe’s devotion to creating the next
great development in human history, a lasting Women’s Peace
Movement! Enjoy the podcast!
Links:
Heather Cox
Richardson/Substack
Letters From An American/May 7,
2022
Wikipedia/HCR
HCR on
Twitter