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Julia Ward Howe

1819 - 1910

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Julia Ward Howe ( HOW; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as new lyrics to an existing song, and the original 1870 pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism and a social activist, particularly for women's suffrage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julia Ward Howe is the 4,581st most popular writer (up from 5,262nd in 2019), the 6,849th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,624th in 2019) and the 519th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Julia Ward Howe ranks 4,581 out of 7,302. Before her are Angelo de Gubernatis, Yevhen Hrebinka, Pierre Michon, Louise Otto-Peters, Scholastique Mukasonga, and Aleksei Arbuzov. After her are Paul Déroulède, Werner Bergengruen, Yun Seondo, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Bruno Frank, and Vincenzo Monti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Julia Ward Howe ranks 81. Before her are Joseph-Alfred Serret, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Émile Blanchard, Klaus Groth, Ernst Falkbeer, and Louise Otto-Peters. After her are Jean-Augustin Barral, James Spriggs Payne, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Joseph Bazalgette, and George Salmon. Among people deceased in 1910, Julia Ward Howe ranks 85. Before her are Hugo Erdmann, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Giovanni Passannante, Albert Nasse, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, and Louis Henri Boussenard. After her are Vittoria Aganoor, Pierre Nord Alexis, Hans Jæger, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, Zdenko Hans Skraup, and Georges de la Falaise.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julia Ward Howe ranks 6,851 out of 20,380. Before her are Shea Whigham (1969), George Dole (1885), Carol Morris (1936), Kevin S. Bright (1954), Buddy Ebsen (1908), and Linda Cardellini (1975). After her are Mildred Gillars (1900), Richard Helms (1913), Bellamy Young (1970), Jerry Buss (1933), Joseph Hooker (1814), and John Baldessari (1931).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Julia Ward Howe ranks 519. Before her are Jane Bowles (1917), James Agee (1909), Gordon Willis (1931), Anita Loos (1889), Sue Grafton (1940), and Bill Lawrence (1968). After her are John D. MacDonald (1916), Robert Richardson (1955), Sandra Brown (1948), Mary McCarthy (1912), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), and A. Merritt (1884).

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