Changes

In recent years, the observance of Mothering Sunday has come to resemble that of Mother's Day in the U. S., and is often referred to as "Mother's Day."

In recent years, the observance of Mothering Sunday has come to resemble that of Mother's Day in the U. S., and is often referred to as "Mother's Day."

===Julia Ward Howe's "Mother's Day"===

===Julia Ward Howe's June 2nd "Mother's Day"===

[[Julia Ward Howe]], author of [[Battle Hymn of the Republic]], had earlier attempted to found a "Mother's Day" to be celebrated on June 2nd. It was not a celebration of motherhood, but a call for mothers to oppose war. Her 1870 ''Appeal to Womanhood Through the World'' said, in part:

[[Julia Ward Howe]], author of [[Battle Hymn of the Republic]], had earlier attempted to found a "Mother's Day" to be celebrated on June 2nd. It was not a celebration of motherhood, but a call for mothers to oppose war. Her 1870 ''Appeal to Womanhood Through the World'' said, in part:

:Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies. 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...." From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!.<ref>Elliott, Maud (Howe) and Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1915), ''Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910'',  Houghton Mifflin, Boston, [http://books.google.com/books?id=LHqjEYLKPfYC&pg=RA11-PA302 p. 302]</ref>

:Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies. 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...." From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!.<ref>Elliott, Maud (Howe) and Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1915), ''Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910'',  Houghton Mifflin, Boston, [http://books.google.com/books?id=LHqjEYLKPfYC&pg=RA11-PA302 p. 302]</ref>