| Show DEATH OF JULIA WARD end of career of gifted authoress and philanthropic middletown R I 1 julia ward howe Is dead bowed dowed under the of at her 91 years the noted philanthropist and authoress succumbed peacefully to an attack of at pneumonia at ner home livine on monday julia ward howe wae was born in ne joew w york city on the day of may 1319 during the course of her long life mrs howe vas at the very forefront of many which had to do with american literature philanthropy and the emancipation of her sex from the er curly rl days of her woman hood she waa was a woman of conse quence a woman of af aff fain lairs a woman who had a very high conception of at tah duties of life although of the gentlest spirit mrs flowe was for years a most ardent woman suffragist mrs llodo was a frequent con tribu tor to some of the best beat magazines of the country she was also a poetess who found a ready response nab in the hearts of the people and then as an evidence ot of her versatility she he her pen to play writing at which cht was also successful perhaps her most famous work was the battle hymn of the republic which Is taught to every school child in the coun coultry ry today |
