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A review by charityjohnson
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography by Elaine Showalter
4.0
Excellent biography.
I would like to have known more about her childhood, as it seems light in that regard.
Having just read "Teacher"- a biography of Annie Sullivan and her trials, as well as her interactions with the husband of Julia Ward Howe, I came to this with a smattering of information about her husband Mr Howe, who insists on going by the nickname "Chev."
Chev Howe was the head of the Perkins School for the Blind. If I recollect correctly, Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller did not see eye to eye with Chev Howe.
It seems women of money and station, as Julia Ward How was, fared little better than their poorer counterparts in the 19th century.
At this point I am almost at its end, so this review is slightly premature. Had the passages of her early poetry been omitted, I may have given it 5 stars. But rarely do!
I would like to have known more about her childhood, as it seems light in that regard.
Having just read "Teacher"- a biography of Annie Sullivan and her trials, as well as her interactions with the husband of Julia Ward Howe, I came to this with a smattering of information about her husband Mr Howe, who insists on going by the nickname "Chev."
Chev Howe was the head of the Perkins School for the Blind. If I recollect correctly, Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller did not see eye to eye with Chev Howe.
It seems women of money and station, as Julia Ward How was, fared little better than their poorer counterparts in the 19th century.
At this point I am almost at its end, so this review is slightly premature. Had the passages of her early poetry been omitted, I may have given it 5 stars. But rarely do!