Did you know Mother’s Day was originally meant to be about peace?
Established by Julia Ward Howe in 1870, Mother’s Day was originally intended to organize women for peace and disarmament after the Civil War. This year, Ploughshares Fund is bringing the holiday back to its roots with its Roses for Peace campaign, offering organic roses in honor of mothers as a way to raise funds to support women’s leadership for a nuclear free world.
May 8, 2011 - By Margaret Swink