Read Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 at the Internet Archive.
For the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding, as too obvious, the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, by Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott assisted by Florence Howe Hall (Houghton)
Winning Work
1917 Prize Winners
Editorial Staff of the New York Tribune
For an editorial article on the first anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.
Herbert Bayard Swope of the New York World
For articles which appeared October 10, October 15 and from November 4 daily to November 22, 1916, inclusive, entitled, "Inside the German Empire."