Julia Ward Howe
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But her husband, the noted Boston reformer Samuel Gridley Howe, insisted that she restrict herself to running their home. In 1861, she unwittingly became a minor celebrity by writing the \u00e2\u0080\u009cBattle Hymn of the Republic.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Composed during a visit to Washington, D.C., this fiercely martial poem, dedicated to the Union cause, was set to the music of \u00e2\u0080\u009cJohn Brown\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Body.\u00e2\u0080\u009d By 1865 it had become the North\u00e2\u0080\u0099s unofficial wartime anthem."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "After the Civil War, Howe finally broke the constraints imposed by her husband to become one of the best-loved figures in the growing women\u00e2\u0080\u0099s suffrage movement, while raising six children. In 1870, she founded Woman\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Journal, a weekly suffragist magazine. The following year, she organized the Woman\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Peace Congress in London, and she was elected president of the Association of the Advancement of Women in 1881."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "John Elliott (1858\u00e2\u0080\u00931925), finished by William Henry Cotton (1880\u00e2\u0080\u00931958)"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Oil on canvas, c. 1910, completed c. 1925"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Maud Howe Elliott to the"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Smithsonian Institution, 1933"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "NPG.65.31"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Julia Ward Howe 1819\u00e2\u0080\u00931910"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacida en la Ciudad de Nueva York"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Julia Ward Howe ansi\u00c3\u00b3 durante a\u00c3\u00b1os un papel m\u00c3\u00a1s activo en los asuntos p\u00c3\u00bablicos, pero su esposo, el reformista bostoniano Samuel Gridley Howe, insist\u00c3\u00ada en que se limitara al manejo de la casa. En 1861 alcanz\u00c3\u00b3 cierta fama cuando escribi\u00c3\u00b3 el \u00e2\u0080\u009cHimno de batalla de la Rep\u00c3\u00bablica\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Compuesto en una visita a Washington D.C., este fervoroso poema marcial dedicado a la causa de la Uni\u00c3\u00b3n se cantaba con la m\u00c3\u00basica de \u00e2\u0080\u009cEl cuerpo de John Brown\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Para 1865 se hab\u00c3\u00ada convertido en el himno de guerra extraoficial del norte."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Tras la Guerra Civil, Howe al fin se liber\u00c3\u00b3 de las restricciones impuestas por su esposo y fue una de las figuras m\u00c3\u00a1s queridas del creciente movimiento sufragista, a la vez que criaba a seis hijos. En 1870 fund\u00c3\u00b3 el Woman\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Journal, una revista semanal sufragista. Al a\u00c3\u00b1o siguiente organiz\u00c3\u00b3 en Londres el Congreso de la Mujer por la Paz y en 1881 fue elegida presidenta de la Asociaci\u00c3\u00b3n para el Progreso de la Mujer."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "The sitter; her daughter Maud Howe Elliott [Mrs. John Elliott]; gift to Smithsonian [NCFA] 1933; transferred 1965 to NPG."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Maud Howe Elliott to the Smithsonian Institution, 1933"}], "name": [{"label": "Begun by", "content": "John Elliott, 1858 - 1925"}, {"label": "Finished by", "content": "William Henry Cotton, 22 Jul 1880 - 5 Jan 1958"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Julia Ward Howe, 27 May 1819 - 17 Oct 1910"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Exterior"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Printed Material\\Book"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Nature & Environment\\Plant\\Tree"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Costume\\Dress Accessory\\Glove\\Gloves"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Julia Ward Howe: Female"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Julia Ward Howe: Literature\\Writer\\Poet"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Julia Ward Howe: Society and Social Change\\Reformer\\Abolitionist"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Julia Ward Howe: Society and Social Change\\Reformer\\Activist\\Civil rights activist\\Suffragist"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on canvas"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Stretcher: 108 x 72.1 x 2.5cm (42 1/2 x 28 3/8 x 1\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 123.2 x 87.3 x 7cm (48 1/2 x 34 3/8 x 2 3/4\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.65.31", "hash": "bb97e806a2d4c8108317a76818c314b051544775", "docSignature": "d9f6222a7606394f958df70d1a7ae1d0", "timestamp": 1665219595, "lastTimeUpdated": 1665219529, "title": "Julia Ward Howe"}