Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.
Julia Ward Howe Quotes
I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.
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| Birth: | 27th May, 1819 |
| Death: | 17th October, 1910 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Abolitionist, Activist, Author, Poet |
About
Julia was born in New York City. She was the fourth of seven children born to a Wall Street stockbroker, Samuel Ward III and his wife, occasional poet Julia Rush Cutler. Her eldest brother was Samuel Cutler Ward. Samuel Ward III was a well-to-do banker and was a strict Calvinist. Julia Rush Cutler was related to Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolution. Julia Ward's family was an upper middle-class family.
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