Julia Ward Howe
Who is Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe (; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the original 1870 pacifist Mother's Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism and a social activist, particularly for women's suffrage.
Early life and education
Howe was born in New York City. She was the fourth of seven children. Her father Samuel Ward III was a Wall Street stockbroker, banker, and strict Calvinist Episcopalian. Her mother was the poet Julia Rush Cutler Ward, related to Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolution. She died during childbirth when Howe was five.
Howe was educated by private tutors and schools for young ladies until she was sixteen. Her eldest brother,...
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Julia Ward Howe Poems
- The Bee's Song
Do not tie my wings,
Says the honey-bee;
Do not bind my wings,
Leave them glad and free.
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- Mother Mind
I never made a poem, dear friend-
I never sat me down, and said,
This cunning brain and patient hand
Shall fashion something to be read.
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- Battle Hymn Of The Republic
. Howe's Final version
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fatal lightning of his terrible swift sword:
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- The Dead Christ
Take the dead Christ to my chamber,
The Christ I brought from Rome;
Over all the tossing ocean,
He has reached his western home;
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- The Flag
There's a flag hangs over my threshold, whose folds are more dear to me
Than the blood that thrills in my bosom its earnest of liberty;
And dear are the stars it harbors in its sunny field of blue
As the hope of a further heaven that lights all our dim lives through.
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Comments about Julia Ward Howe
- Pdsongbot: the battle hymn of the republic
music: william steffe, 1856
lyrics: julia ward howe, 1861
- Pdsongbot: the battle hymn of the republic
music: william steffe, 1856
lyrics: julia ward howe, 1861
- Pdsongbot: the battle hymn of the republic
music: william steffe, 1856
lyrics: julia ward howe, 1861
- Badass4mothers: “there are bounds to all things, and no woman is under any obligation to sacrifice the whole of her existence . . . bringing children into the world.”
- julia ward howe (letter to luisa crawford, 1847)
- Badass4mothers: “there are bounds to all things, and no woman is under any obligation to sacrifice the whole of her existence . . . bringing children into the world.”
- julia ward howe (letter to luisa crawford, 1847)
forced birth forces someone to risk their life.
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