Banning Mother's Day

Never forget--never forgive.

I hereby ban all observance of Mother's Day until we have a woman in the White House. 

Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis began Mothers' PEACE Day to call for an end to war and militarism. Too many mothers had borne and nurtured children only to see them killed during the Civil War.

Woodrow Wilson diluted it to "Gee, thanks, Mom!" Day. 

Thank you to Elle Michel for giving me two feminist t-shirts for Mothers' PEACE Day.

Long live Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the four Supremes!

Thank you to Code Pink for sponsoring the first Mothers' Peace Day events back in the 1980s.  I remember attending one in Orange, California.

See these links:

The Original Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe

23rd Annual Mother's Day Peace Walk Supporting Families of Murder Victims

Code Pink: Give us Peace, Not Brunch

Demonstration in Lafayette Park, DC

Peace Proclamation by Rivera Sun