Adapted from the Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe:

Arise then...women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, women of one country,
Will be too tender, tender to those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.
From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Our own. Disarm! Disarm!
In the name of womanhood and humanity
Let us solemnly take counsel with each other
As to the means whereby the great human family
Can live in peace
The great and general interests of peace
Arise then...women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
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