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Julia Ward Howe

Howe Ward Julia - Biography, picture and poems

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Julia Ward Howe
Nationality - American
Lifespan - 1819 -1910
Family – Married to Samuel Gridley Howe father Samuel Ward a banker
Education – Tutored at home 
Career - Poet, speaker, reformer and writer
Famous Works of Julia Ward Howe – Battle Hymn of the Republic poem 

Famous Poems 
Julia Ward Howe

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Biography Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe died in 1910 at the age of 91. She was universally regarded as one of the most eminent women in America of her time. Whilst she won fame as a writer and a speaker she will always be remembered for writing the Battle Hymn of the Republic. She wrote this famous poem to encourage the soldiers of the North in fighting for freedom for slaves. 

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Julia Ward Howe

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