Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

Biography

Born Julia Ward in New York City, she was the fourth child of banker Samuel Ward and occasional poet Julia Rush Cutler. Among her siblings was Samuel Cutler Ward. Her father was a well-to-do banker. Her mother, granddaughter of William Greene (August 16, 1731 – November 30, 1809), Governor of Rhode Island and his wife Catharine Ray, died when Julia was five after having borne seven children by the age of 27.

In 1843, she married Samuel Gridley Howe (1801 – 1876), a physician and reformer who founded the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, Massachusetts. They announced their engagement quite suddenly on February 21; though Howe had courted Julia for a time, he had more recently shown an interest in her sister Louisa.

Her book, ''Passion-Flowers'', was published in December 1853. The book collected intensely personal poems and was written without the awareness of her husband, who was then editing the Free Soil newspaper ''The Commonwealth''.

Social activism

Julia Ward Howe was inspired to write "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" after she and her husband visited Washington, D. C. and met Abraham Lincoln at the White House in November 1861. During the trip, her friend James Freeman Clarke suggested she write new words to the song "John Brown's Body", which she did on November 19. The song was set to William Steffe's already-existing music and Howe's version was first published in the ''Atlantic Monthly'' in February 1862. It quickly became one of the most popular songs of the Union during the American Civil War.

After the war Howe focused her activities on the causes of pacifism and women's suffrage. In 1870 Howe was the first to proclaim Mother's Day, with her Mother's Day Proclamation. From 1872 to 1879, she assisted Lucy Stone and Henry Brown Blackwell in editing ''Woman's Journal''.

After her husband's death in 1876, Howe focused more on her interests in reform. She was the founder and president of the Association of American Women, a group which advocated for women's education, from 1876 to 1897. She also served as president of organizations like the New England Women's Club, the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, and the New England Suffrage Association, and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA).

Death

Howe died of pneumonia October 17, 1910, at her home, Oak Glen, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, at the age of 91. She is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

After her death, her children collaborated on a biography, published in 1916. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

Honors

On January 28, 1908, Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Howe was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

She has been honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a 14¢ Great Americans series postage stamp issued in 1987.

The Julia Ward Howe School of Excellence in Chicago's Austin community is named in her honor.

Her Rhode Island home, Oak Glen, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Works and collections

Poetry

''Passion-Flowers'' (1854)

''Words for the Hour'' (1857)

''From Sunset Ridge: Poems Old and New'' (1898)

''Later Lyrics'' (1866)

''At Sunset'' (published posthumously, 1910)

Other works

''The Hermaphrodite.'' Incomplete, but probably composed between 1846 and 1847. Published by University of Nebraska Press, 2004

''From the Oak to the Olive'' (travel writing, 1868) ''Modern Society'' (essays, 1881) ''Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli)'' (biography, 1883)

''Woman's work in America'' (1891)

''Is Polite Society Polite?'' (essays, 1895) ''Reminiscences: 1819–1899'' (autobiography, 1899)

See also

Ann Jarvis

Gardiner, Maine Howe's home for many years

Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House

References

Further reading

''Representative women of New England''. Boston: New England Historical Pub. Co., 1904.

Richards, Laura Elizabeth. ''Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910.'' Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. 2 vol.

Clifford, Deborah Pickman. ''Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Biography of Julia Ward Howe''. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1978.

External links

Works and papers

Howe Papers at Harvard University

Articles by Howe Archive at "Making of America" project, Cornell University Library

Poetry at Representative Poetry Online (University of Toronto)

''Mother's Day Proclamation'' (1870)

Julia Ward Howe.org Electronic archive of Howe's life and works

Finding Aid for the Julia Ward Howe Papers at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Julia Ward Howe battle hymn from the Julia Ward Howe Papers, 1891-1898 at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Biographies

''Julia Ward Howe'', biography by Laura E. Richards, online at the University of Pennsylvania

Biography Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography

Julia Ward Howe at Answers.com

Honors

National Women's Hall of Fame

Plaque on the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. marking where Howe wrote the Hymn

Welcome to Howe Elementary School at www.mtlsd.org

Family

A profile of her father

A profile of her paternal grandfather

Other

Julia Ward Howe photo from the Julia Ward Howe Papers, 1891-1898 at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

Biography

Born Julia Ward in New York City, she was the fourth child of banker Samuel Ward and occasional poet Julia Rush Cutler. Among her siblings was Samuel Cutler Ward. Her father was a well-to-do banker. Her mother, granddaughter of William Greene (August 16, 1731 – November 30, 1809), Governor of Rhode Island and his wife Catharine Ray, died when Julia was five after having borne seven children by the age of 27.

In 1843, she married Samuel Gridley Howe (1801 – 1876), a physician and reformer who founded the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, Massachusetts. They announced their engagement quite suddenly on February 21; though Howe had courted Julia for a time, he had more recently shown an interest in her sister Louisa.

Her book, ''Passion-Flowers'', was published in December 1853. The book collected intensely personal poems and was written without the awareness of her husband, who was then editing the Free Soil newspaper ''The Commonwealth''.

Social activism

Julia Ward Howe was inspired to write "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" after she and her husband visited Washington, D. C. and met Abraham Lincoln at the White House in November 1861. During the trip, her friend James Freeman Clarke suggested she write new words to the song "John Brown's Body", which she did on November 19. The song was set to William Steffe's already-existing music and Howe's version was first published in the ''Atlantic Monthly'' in February 1862. It quickly became one of the most popular songs of the Union during the American Civil War.

After the war Howe focused her activities on the causes of pacifism and women's suffrage. In 1870 Howe was the first to proclaim Mother's Day, with her Mother's Day Proclamation. From 1872 to 1879, she assisted Lucy Stone and Henry Brown Blackwell in editing ''Woman's Journal''.

After her husband's death in 1876, Howe focused more on her interests in reform. She was the founder and president of the Association of American Women, a group which advocated for women's education, from 1876 to 1897. She also served as president of organizations like the New England Women's Club, the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, and the New England Suffrage Association, and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA).

Death

Howe died of pneumonia October 17, 1910, at her home, Oak Glen, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, at the age of 91. She is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

After her death, her children collaborated on a biography, published in 1916. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

Honors

On January 28, 1908, Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Howe was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

She has been honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a 14¢ Great Americans series postage stamp issued in 1987.

The Julia Ward Howe School of Excellence in Chicago's Austin community is named in her honor.

Her Rhode Island home, Oak Glen, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Works and collections

Poetry

''Passion-Flowers'' (1854)

''Words for the Hour'' (1857)

''From Sunset Ridge: Poems Old and New'' (1898)

''Later Lyrics'' (1866)

''At Sunset'' (published posthumously, 1910)

Other works

''The Hermaphrodite.'' Incomplete, but probably composed between 1846 and 1847. Published by University of Nebraska Press, 2004

''From the Oak to the Olive'' (travel writing, 1868) ''Modern Society'' (essays, 1881) ''Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli)'' (biography, 1883)

''Woman's work in America'' (1891)

''Is Polite Society Polite?'' (essays, 1895) ''Reminiscences: 1819–1899'' (autobiography, 1899)

See also

Ann Jarvis

Gardiner, Maine Howe's home for many years

Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House

References

Further reading

''Representative women of New England''. Boston: New England Historical Pub. Co., 1904.

Richards, Laura Elizabeth. ''Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910.'' Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. 2 vol.

Clifford, Deborah Pickman. ''Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Biography of Julia Ward Howe''. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1978.

External links

Works and papers

Howe Papers at Harvard University

Articles by Howe Archive at "Making of America" project, Cornell University Library

Poetry at Representative Poetry Online (University of Toronto)

''Mother's Day Proclamation'' (1870)

Julia Ward Howe.org Electronic archive of Howe's life and works

Finding Aid for the Julia Ward Howe Papers at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Julia Ward Howe battle hymn from the Julia Ward Howe Papers, 1891-1898 at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Biographies

''Julia Ward Howe'', biography by Laura E. Richards, online at the University of Pennsylvania

Biography Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography

Julia Ward Howe at Answers.com

Honors

National Women's Hall of Fame

Plaque on the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. marking where Howe wrote the Hymn

Welcome to Howe Elementary School at www.mtlsd.org

Family

A profile of her father

A profile of her paternal grandfather

Other

Julia Ward Howe photo from the Julia Ward Howe Papers, 1891-1898 at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Mimi Kennedy (born September 25, 1948) is an American actress, author and activist.

Early life

Kennedy was born Mary Claire Kennedy in Rochester, New York, the daughter of Nancy Helen (née Colgan) and Daniel Gerald Kennedy. She got her start in theater with the Rochester Community Players, appearing in Agatha Christie's "Spider Web" in October 1960 when she was 12 years old. Mimi was raised in the Browncroft neighborhood of Rochester, NY. She was a 1966 graduate of Our Lady of Mercy High School. In the 1970s she was in a musical production called ''Rhinegold'', featuring songs by her friend Jim Steinman.

Career

Kennedy made her television debut in March 1977 in the short-lived television variety series ''3 Girls 3'', with Debbie Allen and Ellen Foley as the other two "girls". Her most notable television roles, however, were as Dharma's mother, Abby O'Neil, on the series ''Dharma & Greg'' and as Ruth Sloan on Homefront. She also appeared in the Broadway and road companies of the show ''Grease''. In March and April 2009, she was seen at the Cleveland Play House in Ohio as the newspaper columnist Ann Landers in the stage play "The Lady with All the Answers" by David Rambo. Kennedy is involved in several progressive activist causes, including Progressive Democrats of America for which she serves as Chairperson of the Board. Her mid-life memoir, Taken To The Stage; The Education of an Actress, was published by Smith&Kraus; in 1996 with praise from advice columnist Abigail VanBuren and playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who called it "one of the great theatrical memoirs."

Personal life

Kennedy has two children, Cisco and Molly, and a husband, Larry Dilg. Coincidentally, "Larry" was also the name of her fictional life partner on ''Dharma & Greg''. Mimi also met her real husband Larry in college. Mimi went to the sister college of Larry's, where they were both matched up in a computer dating service.

Kennedy is a signatory to the 9/11 Truth Statement. She is the national chairwoman of Progressive Democrats of America and was a charter member of ''Artists United to Win Without War'', and a leading supporter of Dennis Kucinich’s anti-war presidential campaign in 2004. She has worked on human rights, environmental and labour issues.

She is friends with Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick, and has worked with them on three different series.

Filmography

''Chances Are'' (1989) .... Sally

''Immediate Family'' (1989) .... Eli's Mom

''Pump Up the Volume'' (1990) .... Marla Hunter

''Death Becomes Her'' (1992) .... Woman #2

''Flashfire'' (1993) .... Kate Cantrell

''Reasons of the Heart'' (1996) .... Celia Barton

''Buddy'' (1997) .... Mrs. Bunny Bowman

''Erin Brockovich'' (2000) .... Laura Ambrosino

''In The Loop'' (2009) .... Karen Clark

''The Three Gifts'' (2009) .... Rita Green

''Midnight in Paris'' (2011) .... Helen

Television credits

''3 Girls 3'' (1977) TV Series (unknown episodes)

''Getting Married'' (1978) (TV) .... Jenny

''Stockard Channing in Just Friends'' (1979) TV Series .... Victoria (unknown episodes)

''Family'' .... Karen (1 episode, 1979)

''The Big Show'' (1980) TV Series .... Herself (unknown episodes, 1980)

''Battle of the Network Stars XI'' (1981) (TV) .... Herself - CBS Team Contestant

''Thin Ice'' (1981) (TV) .... Arlene

''The Two of Us'' (1981) TV Series .... Nan Gallagher

''The Tonight Show'' .... Herself (1 episode, 1982)

''I've Had It Up to Here'' ... (1982)

''Popular Neurotics'' ... (1984)

''Spencer'' (1984) TV Series .... Doris Winger (unknown episodes)

''St. Elsewhere'' .... Lois Wegener (2 episodes, 1984)

''Robert Kennedy & His Times'' (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Pat Kennedy

''Night Court'' .... Patty Douglas (1 episode, 1985)

''Tall Tales and Legends'' .... Ben's Mom (1 episode, 1985)

''ABC Weekend Specials'' .... Mrs. Gridley (2 episodes, 1986–1990)

''Mr. Boogedy'' (1986) (TV) .... Eloise Davis

''The Twilight Zone'' .... Christie Copperfield (1 episode, 1986)

''Bride of Boogedy'' (1987) (TV) .... Eloise Davis

''Baby Girl Scott'' (1987) (TV) .... Jane

''Family Man'' (1988) TV Series .... Andrea Tobin

''Tales from the Crypt'' .... Distraught Woman (1 episode, 1989)

''Major Dad'' .... Cassandra Loomis (1 episode, 1990)

''A Promise to Keep'' (1990) (TV) .... Annie

''Sins of the Mother'' (1991) (TV) .... Karen

''Knots Landing'' .... Doris (1 episode, 1991)

''Dinosaurs'' .... Glenda Molehill (1 episode, 1991)

''Homefront'' .... Ruth Sloan (41 episodes, 1991–1993)

''Joe's Life'' (1993) TV Series .... Barb (unknown episodes)

''Second Chances'' .... Real Estate Agent (1 episode, 1993)

''The George Carlin Show'' .... Judith (1 episode, 1994)

''Bless This House'' .... Mrs. Elkins (1 episode, 1995)

''ABC Afterschool Specials'' .... Elaine Marshall (1 episode, 1995)

''Baywatch Nights'' (1 episode, 1995)

''Partners'' .... Shana (1 episode, 1995)

''Savannah'' (1996) TV Series .... Eleanor Alexander Burton (unknown episodes)

''Dream On'' (1 episode, 1996)

''Homicide: Life on the Street'' .... Dr. Kate Wystan (1 episode, 1996)

''Once You Meet a Stranger'' (1996) (TV) .... Connie

''Cybill'' .... Gretchen (1 episode, 1997)

''Dharma & Greg'' .... Abby O'Neil (119 episodes, 1997–2002)

''Pacific Palisades'' .... Amy Nichols (3 episodes, 1997)

''Hollywood Squares'' .... Guest Appearance (2 episodes, 2001)

''Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck'' .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)

''Politically Incorrect'' .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)

''Pyramid'' .... Herself (2 episodes, 2002–2003)

''Wild Card'' .... Mimi (1 episode, 2003)

''Come to Papa'' .... Barb (1 episode, 2004)

''Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde'' (2004) (TV) .... Herself

''Cold Case'' .... Elena - 1978, 2005 (1 episode, 2005)

''Grey's Anatomy'' .... Verna Bradley (1 episode, 2005)

''House'' .... Greta (1 episode, 2006)

''The Young and the Restless'' .... Feather (2 episodes, 2006)

''Man in the Chair'' (2007) .... Mom

''Medium'' .... Helen (1 episode, 2007)

''Outspoken: Los Angeles'' (2007) (post-production) .... Herself

''ER'' (2007) .... Chicago Police Officer

''Rita Rocks .... Aunt Mavis

''Private Practice'' .... Eleanor (1 episode, 2010)

''No Ordinary Family'' .... Susan Volson (1 episode, 2010)

Screenwriting credits

''Knots Landing (1979) TV Series (Story Editor)

References

External links

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William Steffe (1830–1890) collected and edited a camp-meeting song with the traditional "Glory Hallelujah" refrain, in about 1856. It opened with "Say, brothers, will you meet us / on Canaan's happy shore?" The tune became widely known.

Early in the American Civil War, this tune was used to create the Union army marching song "John Brown's Body", which begins with the lyrics "John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, but his soul goes marching on."

In November 1861, Julia Ward Howe, having heard this version, used the tune as the basis of her new verse, later known as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

References

C. A. Brown (revised by Willard A. Heaps), ''The Story of Our National Ballads'', 1960, pages 174–178

William A. Ward (ed.), ''The American Bicentennial Songbook, Vol. 1 (1770–1870s)'', 1975, page 236

External links

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC (JULIA WARD HOWE/WILLIAM STEFFE) (1861)

Civil war music

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic (aka John Brown's Body)

Music of the Civil war

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Jennifer Ward (born May 5, 1957) is a Canadian broadcast journalist. Ward joined CFTO in August 1988 as a reporter and was promoted to news anchor in September. She then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. in July 1991 to become anchor and reporter for KYW-TV.

She currently works as a news anchor for CTV News Channel and CTV's Canada AM. Jennifer is the morning weekend anchor on CTV News Channel, as well as a regular anchor on Canada AM. Her interviewing expertise was finely honed when she worked as the first solo female anchor for the evening news in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her Journalistic endeavours south of the border won her great acclaim. Ward is also the recipient of two Emmys, television's most coveted award.

She is one of the most popular anchors on the CTV network and was recently (January 2010) diagnosed with breast cancer, a battle she is winning.

External links

Bio on CTV

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