Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe ( born May 17, 1819 in New York City; † October 17, 1910 in Portsmouth (Rhode Iceland ) ) was an American poet and writer.

Life

Julia Ward Howe, daughter of a wealthy banker to New York, since 1843 married to Samuel Gridley Howe, received a very careful education and published her first collection of poems under the titles: "Passion flowers" (1854 ) and " Words for the hour" (1856 ).

It was followed by two dramas: The world 's Own ( 1857) and Hippolytus (1858 ) and the prose work A trip to Cuba (1860 ).

From now on, mainly philosophical studies devoting she wrote numerous essays metaphysical and theological content and let 1866 Later lyrics the best of their poetic creations ( including the famous poem The battle hymn of the republic ), appear. The fruit of a trip to Crete in 1867 was the book From the oak to the olive.

Howe was also one of the most respected leaders of the women's right-wing party in America. 1870 caused a stir with their Mothers ' Day Proclamation, the proposal to establish a Mother's Day as a day of protest against the war.

Later writings of her are: Emergencies and how to treat them (1871, 2nd edition 1874); Modern society (1880 ); Margaret Fuller, marchesa Ossoli (1883 ).