On This Day
1791 – Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
The Society of United Irishmen, founded as a Radical or liberal political organisation in 18th-century Belfast, Ireland, initially sought Parliamentary reform.[3][4] It evolved into a revolutionary republican organisation, inspired by the American Revolution and allied with Revolutionary France. It launched the Irish Rebellion of 1798 with the objective of ending British monarchical rule over Ireland and founding a sovereign, independent Irish republic.
Born On This Day
1854 – Maud Howe Elliott, American activist and author (d. 1948)
Maud Howe Elliott (November 9, 1854 – March 19, 1948) was an American writer, most notable for her Pulitzer prize-winning collaboration with her sisters, Laura E. Richards and Florence Hall, on their mother’s biography The Life of Julia Ward Howe (1916). Her other works included A Newport Aquarelle (1883); Phillida (1891); Mammon, later published as Honor: A Novel (1893); Roma Beata, Letters from the Eternal City (1903); The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe (1911); Three Generations (1923); Lord Byron’s Helmet (1927); John Elliott, The Story of an Artist (1930); My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford (1934); and This Was My Newport (1944).[1]
Biography
Maud Howe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 9, 1854. She was the daughter of Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward Howe. She married English artist John Elliott in 1887. A socialite, Elliott is one of the founding members of the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, FL.[2] She was the honorary president of the organization until her death.
Elliott was born at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, which was founded by her father, who was also its first director. After her marriage, she lived in Chicago (1892–93) and Italy (1894-1900/1906-1910), before moving to Newport where she spent the rest of her life. She was a founding member of the Newport Art Association, and served as its secretary from 1912-1942.[3] Howe was also a founder of the Progressive Party and took part in the suffrage movement.[4]
She died in 1948 in Newport, Rhode Island.
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