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Julia Ward Howe (1819 ù1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." In 1870 Howe was the first to proclaim Mother's Day, with her Mother's Day Proclamation. After the war she worked with the suffrage movement, promoted pacifism, and Russian freedom. This collection of poems includes Abraham Lincoln, Marines Hymn, New York, Old Home Week in Boston, Kansas, The Playhouse, The NationZs Holiday and many more.
108 pages, Paperback
First published April 10, 2009
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Julia Ward Howe
85 books7 followersAmerican writer and feminist Julia Ward Howe, (1819 -1910) was active in the abolitionist cause and the suffrage movement of women, wrote "
Battle Hymn of the Republic
" (1862) and edited Woman's Journal from 1870 to 1890.
Julia Ward married Samuel Gridley Howe, a physician and reformer who had founded the Perkins School for the Blind.
After her death, three of her daughters collaborated on a biography published in 1916. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Julia Ward married Samuel Gridley Howe, a physician and reformer who had founded the Perkins School for the Blind.
After her death, three of her daughters collaborated on a biography published in 1916. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
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