Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) was an American poet, author, and social activist best known for writing the lyrics to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." She was a prominent advocate for abolitionism, women's suffrage, and social reform throughout her life. Howe also published works such as "Passion-Flowers," a collection of poems, and "A Trip to Cuba," a travel narrative. In 1908, she became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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CHAPTER I I have been urgently asked to put together my reminiscences. I could wish that I had begun to do so at an earlier period of my life, because at this time of writing the lines of the past are somewhat confused in my memory. Yet, with God's help, I shall endeavor to do justice to the individuals whom I have known, and to the events of which I have had some personal knowledge. Let me say at... more...

CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD AND EARLY YOUTH.—SCHOOL DAYS. The subject of the following sketch, Sarah Margaret Fuller, has already been most fortunate in her biographers. Cut off herself in the prime of life, she left behind her devoted friends who were still in their full vigor of thought and sentiment. Three of these, James Freeman Clarke, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William Henry Channing, set their hand,... more...

Is Polite Society Polite? WHY do we ask this question? For reasons which I shall endeavor to make evident. The life in great cities awakens a multitude of ambitions. Some people are very unscrupulous in following these ambitions, attaining their object either by open force and pushing, or by artful and cunning manœuvres. And so it will happen that in the society which considers itself entitled to rank... more...