Elliott, Maud Howe, 1854-1948

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American writer married to John Elliott, an English artist. Author of 20 books and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for a biography of her mother.

From the description of Maud Howe Elliott letters and manuscripts [manuscript], 1896-1932. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 182831112

Newport author. Wife of artist John Elliott (1859-1925). Daughter of Julia Ward Howe (abolitionist, suffragist, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic") and Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe (founder of Perkins Institute for the Blind and activist in the struggle for Greek independence). Received an honorary doctorate from Brown University in 1940.

From the description of Papers, 1872-1948. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122348807

American author and traveller.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newport, R.I., to Mrs. Eugene B. Jackson, 1945 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614058

The youngest daughter of Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe, Maud Howe Elliott was the author of A Newport Aquarelle (1883), Atlanta in the South (1886), This Was My Newport (1944), and, with her sisters, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning biography, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 (1915). For additional biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971).

From the description of Letters, 1944-1945 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008374

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Birth 1854-11-09

Death 1948-03-19

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