Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography
Elaine Showalter
Bok Engelsk
| Utgitt | Simon & Schuster
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (320 p.)
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| Opplysninger | The princess in the castle -- The knight-errant -- The hero and the belle -- Marriage and maternity -- Rome again, home again -- Passion-flowers -- The Secret Six -- The Civil War -- A new world -- The women's department -- The eleventh hour.. - The first full biography of Julia Ward Howethe author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and an early and powerful feminist pioneera groundbreaking figure in the abolitionist and suffrage movements.Julia Ward (18191910) was a heiress and aspiring poet when she married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an internationally-acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens to John Brown. But he also wasted her inheritance, isolated and discouraged her, and opposed her literary ambitions. Julia persisted, and continued to publish poems and plays while raising six children. Authorship of the Battle Hymn of the Republic made her 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 womens rights and social reform. Esteemed author Elaine Showalter tells the story of Howes determined self-creation and brings to life the society she inhabited and the obstacles she overcame.
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| ISBN | 1-4516-4592-9
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