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Julia Ward Howe Room


Julia in the Parlor, photo courtesy of Richard and Gloria Schmidt

On Oct. 17, 1910 Julia Ward Howe died at her beloved Portsmouth home, Oak Glen on Union Street in Portsmouth, she was born in New York City ninety one years earlier. A room dedicated to her is located on the first floor of the Society’s museum. It houses a collection of furnishings from her beloved summer home in Portsmouth as well as a display in tribute to her life.

Julia Ward Howe championed many humanitarian & feminist causes:

  • women’s suffrage
  • world peace
  • prison reform
  • abolition of slavery
  • support for immigrants
  • education for women

"Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, poet, preacher, lecturer, champion of the oppressed of all nations, a loving mother and beautiful homemaker..." – Newspaper tribute on the occasion of her eightieth birthday, May 27, 1900