Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Feminists -- United States -- Biography; Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
goes to Lea Hurst, 139;
Salisbury, 139-143;
her travesty of Dr. Howe's letter, 142;
attends Theodore Parker's meetings, 150;
life in South Boston, 151, 152;
in Washington, 178;
second trip abroad, 188;
reaches Rome, 191;
returns to America, 204;
studious nature, 205;
ideas on Christianity, 206-208;
work in Latin, 209;
philosophical studies, 210-213;
housekeeping trials, 214-217;
free-soil preferences, 219;
at Count Gurowski's death-bed, 226;
her "Passion Flowers" published, 228;
her "Words of the Hour"
and "The World's Own" published, 230;
trip to Cuba, 231;
parting with Theodore Parker, 233, 234;
her book about the Cuban trip, 236;
writes for the "New York Tribune," 236, 237;
requested by Booth to write a play, 237;
disappointed at its nonappearance, 240;
attends James Freeman Clarke's meetings, 245;
helps Dr. Howe edit "The Commonwealth," 253;
sees John Brown, 254;
goes on some trips with Gov. and Mrs. Andrew, 266;
visits Washington in 1861, 269;
first attempt at public speaking, 271;
meets Abraham Lincoln, 272;
how she came to write the "Battle Hymn," 273-275;
takes part in the Bryant celebration, 277-280;
her papers before the Radical Club, 287;
pleasantry with Dr. Hedge, 297;
increasing desire to write and speak, 304, 305;
gives parlor lectures at her home, 306;
repeats the course in Washington, 308, 309;
various philosophical papers and essays, 310;
reads a paper on "Polarity" before the Radical Club,
and one on "Ideal Causation" to the Parker Fraternity, 311;
interested in calling the first convention of woman ministers, 312;
starts for Greece, 313;
arrival in Athens, 314;
distributes clothes to the Cretan refugees, 316-318;
returns to Boston: conducts the Cretan Bazaar, 320;
lectures in Newport and Boston, 321, 322;
starts a woman's peace crusade, 328;
holds meetings to advance the cause in New York, 329;
visits England to organize a Woman's Peace Congress, 329;
speaks at the banquet of the Unitarian Association, 331;
her Sunday afternoon meetings at Freemasons' Tavern, 331, 332;
meets Mrs. Grey, 333;
visits Prof. Seeley, 335;
is constrained to apply her energy to the woman's club movement, 336;
her peace addresses in England, where made, 337;
asked to attend the Peace Congress in Paris, 338;
attends a Prison Reform meeting, 339;
her speech there, 340;
holds a final meeting to further her peace crusade in London, 341;
goes to Santo Domingo with Dr. Howe, 349;
holds religious services for the negroes there, 350-352;
visits a girls' school, 352;
invited to speak to a secret Bible society, 353;
every-day life there, 357, 358;
invited to a state dinner by President Baez, 360;
her second visit to Santo Domingo, 360;
her difficulties in riding horseback, 362;
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