Njalo ngonyaka ngoMeyi, izishoshovu zokuthula zisakaza ekaJulia Ward Howe Isimemezelo Sokuthula Sosuku Lomama. Kodwa, u-Howe akazange agubhe uSuku Lomama ngoMeyi. . . iminyaka engu-30 abantu baseMelika bagubha uSuku Lomama Lokuthula Juni 2nd. Kwakuyisikhathi sikaJulia Ward Howe, u-Anna Jarvis, owasungula umkhosi womama kaMeyi, futhi nangaleso sikhathi, uSuku Lomama kwakungelona udaba lwe-brunch nezimbali. Bobabili u-Howe kanye noWard bagubhe lolu suku ngamamashi, imibhikisho, imibuthano, nemicimbi ehlonipha indima yabesifazane ekulweleni umphakathi nasekuhleleni ubulungiswa emphakathini.
Umbono ka-Anna Jarvis woSuku Lomama waqala lapho ehlela Izinsuku Zokusebenza Zomama eNtshonalanga Virginia ngo-1858, ethuthukisa ukuthuthwa kwendle emiphakathini yase-Appalachian. Phakathi neMpi Yombango, uJarvis waqinisekisa abesifazane abavela ezinhlangothini zombili zengxabano ukuba banakekele abalimele kuwo womabili amabutho. Ngemva kokuphela kwempi, wabiza imihlangano ukuze azame ukukholisa amadoda ukuba abeke eceleni izikhalazo kanye nobutha obuqhubekayo.
U-Julia Ward Howe wabelane ngothando luka-Anna Jarvis lokuthula. Eyabhalwa ngo-1870, incwadi kaHowe ethi "Appeal to Womanhood" yayiwukusabela kwe-pacifist ekubulaweni kweMpi Yombango yaseMelika kanye neMpi YaseFranco-Prussian. Kuyo, wabhala:
“Abayeni bethu ngeke beze kithi, bebulawa yizigebengu, bezosiphulula futhi beshaya ihlombe. Amadodana ethu ngeke athathwe kithi ukuze afunde konke esikwazile ukubafundisa khona uthando, umusa nokubekezela. Thina, besifazane bezwe elithile, sizoba mnene kakhulu kunabakwelinye izwe, ukuvumela amadodana ethu aqeqeshelwe ukulimaza awabo. Ezifubeni zomhlaba obhuqiwe izwi likhuphuka nelethu. Ithi: Susa izikhali, khulula! Inkemba yokubulala ayiyona ibhalansi yobulungisa. Igazi alikususi ihlazo, noma ubudlova akulweli ukutholakala kwempahla. Njengoba amadoda evamise ukulishiya igeja nenswela ekubizweni kwempi, abesifazane manje mabashiye konke okungase kusele ekhaya ngosuku olukhulu noluqotho lomkhandlu.”
Njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka, iCongress yagunyaza ukukhunjulwa kwaminyaka yonke koSuku Lomama ngoMeyi, futhi osomabhizinisi bashesha ukusebenzisa imizwa futhi baqeda ukubizelwa esenzweni okunamandla bobabili abesifazane ababehloselwe emicabangweni yoSuku Lomama lokuqala. Indodakazi ka-Anna Jarvis izokhankasa iminyaka iphikisana nezimbali noshokoledi, ukubona ngokucacile ukuthengiswa kokuhlonipha abesifazane nomama kungasiholela phambili obizweni lokuthatha isinyathelo.
Cabangela lezi zindaba njengoba isondo lonyaka liphenduka. NgoMeyi ozayo, mhlawumbe uzothola indlela yokuhlonipha umama wakho ngenxa yobushoshovu bakhe bezenhlalo nezombusazwe, ukuzibandakanya kwakhe ekuxazululeni ukungabi nabulungisa, ukunakekela kwakhe abagulayo, abantu abadala, abakhubazekile, noma mhlawumbe ngisho nokuphikisana kwakhe ngokuqinile nokubulawa kwempi. .
