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Julia Ward Howe ( May 27 , 1819 – October 17 , 1910 ) was a prominent American Abolitionist , Social Activist , and Poet . FAMILY Born Julia Ward in New York City , she was the third of six children born to Samuel Ward ( 1786 - 1839 ) and Julia Rush Cutler. Her father was a well-to-do Bank er. Her paternal grandparents were Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Ward ( May 1 , 1756 - November 27 , 1839 ) of the Continental Army and Phoebe Green. Her maternal grandparents were Benjamin Clarke and Sarah Mitchell Cutler. Liutenant Colonel Samuel Ward was a son of Samuel Ward , a colonial Governor of Rhode Island and later as a delegate to the Continental Congress , and his wife Anna Ray. Phoebe Green was a daughter of William Greene , Governor Of Rhode Island and his wife Catharine Ray. MARRIAGE AND LATER LIFE In 1843 she married a fellow abolitionist, Physician Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe who founded the Perkins Institute For The Blind . The couple made their home in Boston , had six children, and were active in the Free Soil Party . Howe's '' Battle Hymn Of The Republic '', set to William Steffe's already-existing music, was first published in the '' Atlantic Monthly '' in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War . After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and Women's Suffrage . She was a member of the Unitarian church. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother's Day , with her Mother's Day Proclamation . On January 28 , 1908 Julia Ward Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy Of Arts And Letters . Julia Ward Howe is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts . PUBLICATIONS
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