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Zinn Education Project (www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mo...):
Ann Jarvis of Appalachia founded Mother’s Day in 1858 to promote sanitation in response to high infant mortality. After the Civil War, abolitionist Julia Ward Howe made a Mother’s Day call to women to protest the carnage of war.
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Mother’s Day: A Campaign for Peace with Justice
Mother’s Day began as a call to action for healthcare and against war. Activism continues today with #FreeBlackMamas and more.
