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Julia (Ward) Howe

The Battle Hymn of the Republic Author

6th Cousin (5x Removed) (Paternal)

Julia Ward Howe (1819 – 1910) was an American poet, abolitionist and women’s rights activist best known for her poem/song, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, written in 1862, a year after Americans began fighting in the Civil War. She grew up in New York City, the fourth of

Common Ancestors: William Almy

Laura Elizabeth (Howe) Richards

Pulitzer Prize winning Children's Books Author

7th Cousin (4X Removed) (Paternal)

Authors, Poets, Pulitzer Prize Winners

American author Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850 – 1943) wrote more than 90 books, many of them delightful morality tales, especially for children. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1917, along with her co-author sister, Maud Howe Elliott, for the biography of her mother, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), best

Common Ancestors: William Almy

Kin Title: Poets

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