Writer, Pulitzer Prize winner. Maud Howe Elliott was the daughter of Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe. Her parents were both notable members of society. Her mother was a writer who wrote the lyrics to the patriotic song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" among her numerous other works, including the "Mother's Day Proclamation." In addition, she was an advocate for abolitionism and women's suffrage. Her father was a renowned Harvard-educated physician who founded the Perkins Institution for the Blind, which was where Laura Bridgman and the future writer Helen Keller studied. Maud Howe Elliott first began her literary career in 1883 with the novel "A Newport Aquarelle." The following year, she wrote The San Rosario Ranch. In 1887, she married the English artist John Elliott. Soon after her marriage, she moved to Chicago and resided there briefly from 1892 to 1893. In 1894, she moved to Italy and continued to write novels. She is perhaps best known for writing her mother's biography, "The Life of Julia Ward Howe" (1916). She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the following year. Elliott also wrote a biography of her husband, "John Elliott, The Story of an Artist" (1930). Her final work was "This Was My Newport" (1944). Aside from writing, Elliott was a socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the founders of the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida, and the Newport Art Association. Elliott died in 1948, outliving her husband, who died in 1925.
Writer, Pulitzer Prize winner. Maud Howe Elliott was the daughter of Julia Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe. Her parents were both notable members of society. Her mother was a writer who wrote the lyrics to the patriotic song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" among her numerous other works, including the "Mother's Day Proclamation." In addition, she was an advocate for abolitionism and women's suffrage. Her father was a renowned Harvard-educated physician who founded the Perkins Institution for the Blind, which was where Laura Bridgman and the future writer Helen Keller studied. Maud Howe Elliott first began her literary career in 1883 with the novel "A Newport Aquarelle." The following year, she wrote The San Rosario Ranch. In 1887, she married the English artist John Elliott. Soon after her marriage, she moved to Chicago and resided there briefly from 1892 to 1893. In 1894, she moved to Italy and continued to write novels. She is perhaps best known for writing her mother's biography, "The Life of Julia Ward Howe" (1916). She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the following year. Elliott also wrote a biography of her husband, "John Elliott, The Story of an Artist" (1930). Her final work was "This Was My Newport" (1944). Aside from writing, Elliott was a socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the founders of the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida, and the Newport Art Association. Elliott died in 1948, outliving her husband, who died in 1925.
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Maud Howe Elliott
Wife of
John Elliott
Born in Boston, November 9, 1854
Died in Newport, RI, March 19, 1948
"I warmed both hands before the fire of
life"
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