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Julia
Ward Howe, who gained fame during the Civil War for
composing the lyrics to the Battle Hymn of the Republic,
issued a call in 1870 for the first international
Woman's Conference for Peace. Howe established a
world-wide "Mother's Day for Peace" ~ The
model for our modern celebration ~ and issued a
proclamation more stirring today than it was one-hundred
and thirty years ago.
This forty minute performance traces Howe's journey
from dutiful nineteenth century wife and champion of the
Union cause to suffragette and
crusader for world
peace.

Jane as Julia Word
Howe with Abe Lincoln
August 5, 2006 at the Civil War Music Encampment in
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