Editing Julia Ward Howe (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[Image:Julia Ward Howe 2.png|thumb|Howe in 1909]]

[[File:Julia Ward Howe bas-relief plaque by Cyrus Dallin.jpg|thumb|The 1913 bas-relief plaque of Howe by Cyrus Dallin ]]

Howe died of pneumonia on October 17, 1910, at her Portsmouth home, Oak Glen at the age of 91.<ref>Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth. ''The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982: 71. {{ISBN|0-19-503186-5}}</ref> She is buried in the [[Mount Auburn Cemetery]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref>Corbett, William. ''Literary New England: A History and Guide''. Boston: Faber and Faber, 1993: 106. {{ISBN|0-571-19816-3}}</ref> At her memorial service approximately 4,000 people sang "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as a sign of respect as it was the custom to sing that song at each of Julia's speaking engagements.<ref>Howe, Julia Ward (1819–1910)." ''Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History''. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Credo Reference. Web. November 7, 2013.</ref>

In 1912, the members of the New England Women's Club commissioned a marble bas-relief plaque of Howe in profile featuring the opening words of The Battle Hymn of the Republic by sculptor [[Cyrus Edwin Dallin|Cyrus Dallin]]. It was originally installed to the left wall of the then main hall of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Boston Museum of Fine Arts]] in 1913.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1913 |title=Mrs. Howe's Bas Relief in Art Museum |work=Boston Herald |pages=5}}</ref>

After her death, her children collaborated on a biography,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=neVDAAAAYAAJ|title=Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910|first1=Laura Elizabeth Howe|last1=Richards|first2=Maud Howe|last2=Elliott|first3=Florence Howe|last3=Hall|date=January 1, 1915|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|via=Google Books}}</ref> published in 1916. It won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography]].<ref>Ziegler, Valarie H. ''Diva Julia: The Public Romance and Private Agony of Julia Ward Howe''. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2003: 11. {{ISBN|1-56338-418-3}}</ref>

In 1987, she was honored by the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Postal Service]] with a 14¢ [[Great Americans series]] postage stamp.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-23-me-746-story.html |title=Julia Ward Howe Stamp |date=January 23, 1987 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 25, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035 |agency=[[Associated Press]] }}</ref>

Several buildings are associated with her name:
* The Julia Ward Howe School of Excellence in Chicago's Austin community is named in her honor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://howe.auslchicago.org/about |title=About |website=Howe School of Excellence |access-date=May 25, 2018 |publisher=Academy for Urban School Leadership |archive-date=May 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526185841/http://howe.auslchicago.org/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The Howe neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was named for her.<ref name=nhph>{{cite web |url=http://www.minneapolismn.gov/neighborhoods/howe/neighborhoods_howe_profile_home |title=Howe |publisher=City of Minneapolis, Minnesota |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120080223/http://www.minneapolismn.gov/neighborhoods/howe/neighborhoods_howe_profile_home |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[Julia Ward Howe School|Julia Ward Howe Academics Plus Elementary School]] in [[Philadelphia]] was named in her honor in 1913.<ref>{{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H096019_01D.pdf}}| title = Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Julia Ward Howe School| access-date = June 16, 2012| first=J.M. |last=Moak| format = PDF| date= May 1987}}</ref>
* Her Rhode Island home, [[Oak Glen (Portsmouth, Rhode Island)|Oak Glen]], was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/portsmouth/port_union-street-745_julia-ward-howe-house.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Oak Glen |publisher=Rhode Island Preservation |access-date=November 3, 2014 }}</ref>
* Her Boston home is a stop on the [[Boston Women's Heritage Trail]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Back Bay East|url=http://bwht.org/back-bay-east/|website=Boston Women's Heritage Trail}}</ref>
* Julia Ward Howe Elementary School, located in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania. <ref>{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2024 |title=Home - Howe Elementary School |url=https://howe.mtlsd.org/ |access-date=April 17, 2024 |website=howe.mtlsd.org |language=en-US}}</ref>