print email comment close Julia Ward Howe: The Woman Behind Mother's Day URL: http://www.democracynow.org/2005/5/6/julia_ward_howe_the_woman_behind Description: Video and transcript about Julia Ward Howe, "the author of the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic,' [who] began advocating for a mother's day for peace in 1870." Features an interview with an author of a Howe biography, and Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Mother's Day proclamation. From Democracy Now!, a daily radio and TV news program. Publisher: Democracy Now! Library of Congress Subject Headings: Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 Mother's Day People Women and peace LII Database Information: Record 21473 created by Maria Brandt on 05/08/2006 Last modification on 08/28/2008 Published: 05/11/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21473