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A biography of Julia Ward Howe, a groundbreaking figure in the abolitionist and suffrage movements.
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The National Women's Hall of Fame, located in Seneca Falls, New York, presents a biographical sketch of the American writer, poet, reformer, and lecturer Julia Howe (1819-1910). Howe authored "The Battle Hymn" in 1861 as an inspiration to Union soldiers fighting against slavery. Howe was active as a suffragist and a champion for women's rights. A portrait of Howe is available.
Reproduction of the original: Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Laura E. Richards
"Julia Ward Howe" from Laura E. Richards. Children's author, biographies, poetry, and others (1850-1943).
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Excerpt from Julia Ward Howe: 1819 1910 These are my people, quaint and ancient, Gentlefolks with their prim old ways; This, their leader come from England, Governed a State in early days. I must vanish with my ancients, But a golden web of love Is around us and beneath us, Binds us to our home above. J um Wm Hows. Our mother was once present at a meeting where there was talk of ancestry and heredity. One of the speakers dwelt largely upon the sins of the fathers. He drew stern pictures of the vice, the barbarism, the heathenism of the 'good old times, ' and ended by saying with emphasis that he felt him self 'bowed down beneath the burden of the sins of his ancestors.' About the Publisher F...
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