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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.

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

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DavidCranmerUn1: friends with Henry Luce. She became "a leading champion of Jung's psychology in the United States". In 1836, Joseph Cogswell entered the family of banker Samuel Ward (father of Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Cutler Ward) in New York City. Three of Ward's sons had been students at

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

TheAtlantic: 8/ In 1862, The Atlantic paid Julia Ward Howe $5 for a five-stanza poem, which begins: “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” The line opens the famous American anthem “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

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PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

Nobadi_: Julia Ward Howe was spitting in 1861 when she wrote “As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free”. incredibly hard lyric

MuseumStonewall: Northampton that same year, and asking the recipient to take on arranging a convention at Amherst to reach the students there. The letter was sent from the American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA), which was founded by Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and others in 1869. Stone was (2/4)

JudeCarruthers5: Mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord.,Julia Ward Howe,glory,

rgtrendsetter: Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom. -Julia Ward Howe RALPHGAIL TeenClashScreening

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

koe05358349: Mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord.,Julia Ward Howe,glory,

johnthomas1536: Julia Ward Howe wrote the second song with a triumphant vision of liberty & justice for all that moved Abraham Lincoln to tears when he heard it & it could move almost anyone unless they were thinking of the Native people whose justice he miscarried

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

FredZilian: Honoring Women’s History Month, I shall present a talk: “Three Famous RI Women Activists: Julia Ward Howe, Maud Howe Elliott, and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont,” 6:30, March 14, 2023, at the Portsmouth Free Public Library, RI. To register:

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

mrs_s92: A great survey of memorials to women throughout Boston. I would nominate both Julia Ward Howe and Mary Rice Livermore for memorials. They were so well-known in their own time, and all but forgotten now. Among other things, they edited The Woman’s Journal alongside Lucy Stone.

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

luwilliamrocket: My husband Greg and I are reviewing Pulitzer Prize Winners. I just reviewed Julia Ward Howe. She was known for a patriotic/spiritual hymn and the proclamation of Mother’s Day. Not a bad reputation!!

jerrywaynecarv2: Julia Ward Howe The negro of the North is an ideal negro; it is the negro refined by white culture, elevated by white blood, instructed even by white iniquity; — the negro among negroes is a coarse, grinning, flat-footed, thick-skulled creature, ugly as Caliban, lazy...

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

C19Americanists: Poets Division: Matchup 2 Julia Ward Howe vs Emma Lazarus

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

mktsutherland: Interesting… “It is the difference between Patrick Henry’s cry of “Give me liberty, or give me death!” and Julia Ward Howe’s great imperative, “Let us die to make men free.”

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

LWVBCFL: Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842 – 1924) was an organizer! She supported women's suffrage and, in 1869, joined with Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone to form the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) in Boston.

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

Chi_Art_Insti: ⚡Art Institute of Chicago⚡ Portrait of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Sarah Choate Sears, 1905, United States

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

amlitreader: On Susan B. Anthony's birthday, enjoy Julia Howe's poem

TopShelfNames: This is the origin, true meaning and purpose of Mother's Day, in the words of Julia Ward Howe 153 years ago, all but forgotten in our time By serendipity I stumbled upon it this morning, exactly 3 months away from this coming Mothers Day, May 14th, 2023

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

jjfThompson: Samuel Howe was the husband of Julia Ward Howe, author of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” one of the financiers of John Brown’s terrorist murder sprees. Her song replaced “John Brown’s Body” as the Yankee anthem as it celebrated the mass murder of fellow citizens.

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

b2l_History: This multilayered biography examines five remarkable women (Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Clara Barton, Julia Ward Howe, and Sarah Josepha Hale) who made important contributions to the Union cause before, during, and after the defi...

vermonthistory: On this day in Vermont history: In 1870, Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and many other famous American heroines spoke at the Women's Suffrage Convention held in Montpelier. You can read more about the movement in this paper in the Vermont History Journal:

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

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Godgift64107811: I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past. -Julia Ward Howe Kalim REIGNING ERA OF SUMBUL

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

Heartfelthisto1: The lyrics to “Battle Hymn of The Republic” by Julia Ward Howe were published in the February 1862 edition of the Atlantic Monthly. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

JanKoprek: February 1, 1862: Ardent abolitionist Julia Ward Howe published the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” in The Atlantic Monthly. A stirring 5 minute rendition:

TheAtlanticPR: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." Today in history: In February 1862, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe was published in The Atlantic. Revisit it here:

WausauPilot: On this date: In 1862, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly.

ThomasCWoody: A reaction from Julia Ward Howe when they picked the Star-Spangled Banner over The Battle Hymn of the Republic in March of 1931.

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GkKnowledge: Today in History - January 28 On January 28, 1908, author and activist Julia Ward Howe, famous for her composition, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Continue reading. Click here to search Today i…

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librarycongress: Today in History: On January 28, 1908, author and activist Julia Ward Howe, famous for her composition, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

fklein907: Screaming—poem acceptance prices have not changed since 1861, when Julia Ward Howe sold “Battle Hymn of the Republic” for 4 dollars.

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

b2l_History: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Clara Barton, Julia Ward Howe, and Sarah Josepha Hale came from backgrounds that ranged from abject enslavement to New York City’s elite. Surmounting social and political obstacles, they emerged before...

SillimanT: It is better to be seventy years young than forty years old!" ~Laura E. Richards & Maud Howe Elliott, Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910, 1915

PDSongBot: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Music: William Steffe, 1856 Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe, 1861

Maisieth59: I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends. Julia Ward Howe

DavidCranmerUn1: J. W. Lindy and Frederick Reed. The first public lecture sponsored by the club was an address by Julia Ward Howe. Julia Ward 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

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

SSPStormshelter: We need a Clara Barton who started the American Red Cross, a Julia Ward Howe who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic, a Harriet Tubman who stood up for truth and did something about it, and. Sojourner Truth who became a national inspiration. We need these kind of women today.

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certainpovmedia: The ladies discuss how poetry created the "Battle Hymn Of The Republic'' while also pushing forward women's suffrage, Julia Ward Howe

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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

AnecdotalWisdom: US financier John Jacob Astor once observed to Julia Ward Howe, “A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if he were rich.”

vcchen: "John Brown's body lies a-moldering in his grave--his truth is marching on." Julia Ward Howe wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Thurgood Marshall thought it, not Star-Spangled Banner, should be national anthem.

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AveryWGardiner: My ancestor, Laura E. Richards , lived here. A novelist, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her portrayal of her mom, Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic. It was strongly abolitionist & feminist. My heart goes out to my cousins who thankfully survived the fire.

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Suffrage100MA: HBD to Boston-born suffragist & abolitionist Mary Livermore (1820-1905)! Pres. of IL Woman Suffrage Association, co-editor of the Woman’s Journal w/ Lucy Stone & Julia Ward Howe & succeeded Lucy Stone as pres. of the MA Woman Suffrage Association in 1896.

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PunishedToponi: Julia Ward Howe making a dude bust: looks like you loosed the lightning of your terrible swift sword

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Howard Eugene Bohrn: I have in my possession an original newspaper clipping entitled, "Mrs. Howe's Lincoln Poem."'
It goes on to say, "At the Lincoln meeting in Boston's Symphony Hall Friday Mrs. Julia Ward Howe contributed a poem which dispatch says she recited "in a strong and firm voice." Mrs. Howe is now in her ninetieth yearl "

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