Honors
On January 28, 1908, Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Howe was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
She has been honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a 14ยข Great Americans series postage stamp issued in 1987.
The Julia Ward Howe School of Excellence in Chicago's Austin community is named in her honor.
The Julia Ward Howe Academics Plus Elementary School in Philadelphia was named in her honor in 1914. It celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2014.
Her Rhode Island home, Oak Glen, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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