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The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography | Elaine Showalter
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"Authorship of the Battle Hymn of the Republic made [19th-century aspiring poet and playwright Julia Ward Lowe] celebrated and revered. But Julia was also continuing to fight a civil war at home; she became a pacifist, suffragist, and world traveler. She came into her own as a tireless campaigner for women's rights and social reform ... Elaine Showalter tells the story of Howe's determined self-creation and brings to life the society she inhabited and the obstacles she overcame"--Amazon.com.
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mrsmarch
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I was just in a library for two hours and did I take a picture?! No!!! What sort of space brained Litten am I?! Now my starving stomach, denied breakfast and I have arrived at The College Club for what promises to be a delicious lunch.

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An excellent book detailing the life of Julia Ward Howe, writer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. It gives insight into how JWH was a modern woman trapped in a society where women had little agency. Her hymn made her incredibly famous for her time and allowed her to break out of a purely domestic world and become a great advocate for women's rights in the late 1800s.

Suet624 I love all the books about women that you've been posting. 7y
emilyesears @Suet624 Reading about women is basically my favorite thing to do! 😄 6y
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