Modern Society

Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book. About the author: Julia Ward Howe (/haʊ/; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, poet, and the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".Howe was born in New York City. She was the fourth of seven children born to an upper middle class couple. Her father, Samuel Ward III, was a Wall Street stockbroker, well-to-do banker, and strict Calvinist. Her mother, the occasional poet Julia Rush Cutler, was related to Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolution. She died of tuberculosis when her daughter was five years old.She was educated by private tutors and in schools for young ladies until she was sixteen. Her eldest brother, Samuel Cutler Ward, travelled in Europe and brought home a private library. Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Ward_Howe