Today in history
Subtitle: January 28
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: American Authors; Biography; Feminists
Other titles: January 28; Julia Ward Howe
Description: Biographical sketch of Julia Ward Howe, author and activist, famous for writing The battle hymn of the Republic. On Jan. 28, 1908, she became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

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