Julia Ward Howe

by Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott, assisted by Florence Howe Hall

Pulitzer Prize · 1917 · Winner

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography	1917	Winner

About the Author

Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott, assisted by Florence Howe HallAmerican

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850-1943), an American author, wrote over 90 books including children's literature like Captain January, nonsense verse such as Eletelephony, and biographies; she co-authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 (1917) with her sisters Maud Howe Elliott and Florence Howe Hall.