OBITUARY.
JULIA WARD HOWE, AUTHORESS. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received October 19, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, 18th October. Julia Ward Howe, the authoress, is dead. [Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, widow of Dr. Samuel G. Howe, the philanthropist, v/as a student, lecturer, and writer. Born in New York City in May, 1819, she was educated at private schools in New York. She was active in the advocacy of negro emancipation, of collegiate education for women, and of women suffrage; had much to do with the formation of women's clubs throughout the United States ; was president of several influential associations ; and honorary vice-president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Her publications include : — "Passion Flowers," "Words for the Hour" (poems), "The World's Own" (drama), "Trip to Cuba," "From the Oak" to the Olive" (travels), "Life of Margaret Fuller," "Later Lyrics," "Volume of Essays," Tl Memoir of Samuel G. Howe," "From Sunset Bidge" (poems), and "Reminiscences.*' She composed the Battle Hymn of the Republic during the Civil War ; also a Te Deum in commemoration of the deliverance of the foreigners detained in the several Legations.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 95, 19 October 1910, Page 7
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183OBITUARY. Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 95, 19 October 1910, Page 7
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