Timeline
| 1819 | May 27 - Julia Ward Howe is born in New York City into a wealthy NY family |
| 1830 | Attends private schools throughout New York |
| 1841 | Meets her future husband Samuel Howe on a visit to Boston |
| 1843 | April 23 - Marries Samuel and they settle in Boston. They would have six children |
| 1850 | Poems and plays are published in national magazines |
| 1861 | Inspired from a visit to Washington DC where Julia and Samuel were escorted by President Lincoln to a Union Army camp, Julia begins writing lyrics which would later become Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| 1862 | February - BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC is published in the Atlantic Monthly |
| 1868 | Co-founder of the New England Woman's Club and acts as Vice President. |
| 1870 | Becomes president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association |
| 1871 | President of the American Woman Suffrage Association |
| 1880 | Becomes the First Woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 1883 | Life of Margaret Fuller is published |
| 1890 | Founder of the General Federation of Women's Clubs |
| 1898 | From Sunset Ridge: Old and New is published |