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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1916Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin CompanySubjects: Authors, AmericanFeministsWomen authors, AmericanBiography ... Read more

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin CompanyPublication date: 1916Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Printing department in 1911 in 65 pages; Subjects: Biography ... Read more

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Also Included: Anna Shaw, Mary Antin, Alice C. Fletcher, Mary Slessor Of Calabar, Madame Curie, Jane Addams. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: Mary Lyon, Alice Freeman Palmer, Clara Barton, Frances Willard, Julia Ward Howe, Anna Shaw, Mary Antin, Alice C. Fletcher, Mary Slessor of Calabar, Madame Curie, Jane Addams; Original Published by: Century in 1917 in 354 pages; Subjects: Women; Women heroes; United States; Women in public life; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography & Autobiography / Women; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science / Women's Studies; ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Poet And Social Activist
"Julia Ward Howe 1819 - 1910" by Laura Richards and Maud Howe Elliott is a biography of a woman who was in many ways the moral cornerstone of the United States throughout her life.She was a poet, and a social activist fighting for the abolitionist cause, and later for the cause of the Greeks and Armenians in their fight for freedom and survival against the Turks.

The edition of the biography which I am reviewing is the two volume set published in March of 1916 by the Houghton Mifflin Company.Volume I is a seventeen chapter 392 page volume which covers her entire life.The focus of this volume are the major events in her life, starting with her ancestry as the great-granddaughter of Samuel Ward who was the Governor of Rhode Island and a delegate to the Continental Congress.On her maternal side, she was the granddaughter of Sarah Mitchell Cutler, who was a niece of Francis Marion (a.k.a. the "Swamp Fox") who was a lieutenant colonel in the continental army.The book then has chapters on her childhood, early adulthood, her writing, the Civil War, her travels, and her support for causes such as "The Peace Crusade" and woman's rights.

Volume II includes 15 chapters and an Index for both volumes, and is a total of 434 pages.This volume covers her life from the age of 58 through the end of her life in a much more personal way than the first volume.It draws a tremendous amount of material from her personal journals and letters, while the first volume uses a more diverse collection of sources.Each chapter in both volumes starts with one of her poems as a header.

While one gets many of her poems included in these volumes, it is surprising that the only copy of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" included is a fold-out copy (in volume one) of her hand-written first draft.I would have appreciated it if an easier to read printing of the hymn had been included as well.Of course, it is not that difficult to find the words to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", but it certainly would have been preferable to me to have them included in one of these two volumes.

Laura Richards and Maud Howe Elliott were the two youngest daughters of Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe, and assisted by Florence Howe Hall, another of Julia's daughters.They were able to make this biography feel much more personal as a result of writing about someone who they knew so well.It is not surprising that this biography was the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biographies in 1917.
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an exact transcription (not a scanned image) reproduction of Mary Minerva Barrows collection of poems, essays, sermons and other items from world-noted poets, writers, philosophers, and ministers. It uses one of Ms. Barrows floral page-backgrounds as the background for all of the pages, but in B&W instead of color. Includes an introduction by Julia Ward Howe. ... Read more

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Hungry Heart reexamines the early literary career of Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), best remembered as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Combining biographical narrative with textual analysis, Gary Williams reconstructs Howe's emergence as a writer against the backdrop of her deeply troubled marriage to Boston philanthropist Samuel Gridley Howe. Among her early writings, Williams pays particular attention to Passion-Flowers, a celebrated yet controversial volume of poems published in 1854, as well as to an unpublished 400-page story that features a hermaphrodite as its protagonist. Williams shows how this latter work, startling in its bold exploration of sexual ambiguities, reflects Howe's effort to come to terms with her husband's intimate attachment to the prominent abolitionist Charles Sumner. ... Read more

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Fascinating!
This is a fairly intellectual piece of analysis, and not light reading, but not slow reading either.I picked this book up because of the reference to a "hermaphrodite" in the 1800's, but that interest faded as it was taken up into a larger story.A Fascinating look at the roles of men & women and sexuality in the 1850's in America.Also as a poet and a woman, I recommend this book highly to women poets (although male poets would be interested too).The book goes into how she veils her passionate thoughts in language that rides the edge of what lay-readers can related to and absorb. ... Read more