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Laura E. RichardsBiography Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards was born February 27th, 1850, in Boston, MA, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, famous for developing "finger spell", the form of sign language for the blind and deaf that was later taught to Helen Keller. Julia Ward Howe, Laura's mother, was famous for writing the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic In 1871, she married Henry Richards. In 1917, she won a Pulitzer Prize for Julia Ward Howe, a biography, which she co-authored with her sister, Maude Howe Elliott. She died on January 14th, 1943. Bibliography References Laura E. Richards Biography Richards, Laura E. Richards, Laura E.
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