Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)

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Women's Peace Meeting, October 22, 1904

Collated Criticisms of the Draft Resolution, April 1914

In Recognition of the Leadership of Women, April 10, 1929

Elliott, Maud Howe (1854-1948)

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Birth Date

1819-05-27

Death Date

1910-10-17

Birthplace

New York, NY

Biographical Text

Julia Ward Howe was born in New York to a moderately wealthy East Coast family. Howe wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," a popular song for Union soldiers to sing during the Civil War, despite being a pacifist. Howe was heavily involved with the woman's rights movement, and subsequently became an editor of The Woman's Journal. Howe died in 1919.

In 1841, Howe married Samuel Howe, a founder of the Perkins School for the Blind. The couple lived in Boston and had six children together.

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Dzuback, Emily

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Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1904

Bibliography and Links

"' Battle Hymn of the Republic' A War Song That Wrote Itself," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 29 February 1960, pg. 12.

"Julia Ward Howe, Friend of America," New-York Tribune, 1 June 1919, pg. 66.

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“Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed February 7, 2026, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3944.