[Rarebooks] [b] FS: The first to proclaim Mother's Day

[Lee Kirk]

I didn't know this. Thanks for posting it. 

Lee Kirk

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/HOWE, Julia Ward. AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS). . Quatrain from an
unspecified poem on a 7- 1/2" x 5" sheet of paper SIGNED by Howe and dated
15 January 1887: "Then spake the Angel of Mothers/To me, in gentle tone:/'Be
kind to the children of others,/And thus deserve thine own.'" 
Howe, active in the women's suffrage movement, is perhaps best known as the
author of another poem, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic, written at night
near the beleaguered capital of Washington at the beginning of the Civil
War. It earned her the grand total of $5 upon its publication in THE
ATLANTIC MONTHLY along with the added bonus of instant and lasting fame.
Later she became president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association as
well as the Association of the Advancement of Women. Howe was honored as the
first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908, two
years before her death at 91. Beautiful lyric and a great Mother's Day gift.

In 1870 Howe was the first to proclaim Mother's Day with her Mother's Day
Proclamation, a call for women to join in support of disarmament and a
product of her feminist belief that women had a responsibility to shape
their societies at the political level. This quotation beautifully expresses
the sentiment of appreciation for this most noble and lifelong occupation.
(#010003)  $1,000.00

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