Maud Howe Elliott
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Maud Howe Elliott was an American writer, most notable for her Pulitzer prize
-winning collaboration with her sister, Laura E. Richards
, on their mother's biography The Life of Julia Ward Howe
(1916). Her other works included A Newport Aquarelle (1883); Mammon; Roma Beata (1904); The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe (1911); Three Generations (1923); John Elliott, The Story of an Artist (1930); My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford (1934); and This Was My Newport (1944).
Her father was Samuel Gridley Howe
(1801 – 1876), a prominent physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. She married English artist John Elliott
in 1887.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning collaboration with her sister, Laura E. Richards
Laura E. Richards
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.Her father...
, on their mother's biography The Life of Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".-Biography:...
(1916). Her other works included A Newport Aquarelle (1883); Mammon; Roma Beata (1904); The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe (1911); Three Generations (1923); John Elliott, The Story of an Artist (1930); My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford (1934); and This Was My Newport (1944).
Her father was Samuel Gridley Howe
Samuel Gridley Howe
Samuel Gridley Howe was a nineteenth century United States physician, abolitionist, and an advocate of education for the blind.-Early life and education:...
(1801 – 1876), a prominent physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. She married English artist John Elliott
John Elliott (artist)
John Elliott was an artist, illustrator, and muralist. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Carolus-Duran...
in 1887.