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- Julia Ward Howe: She wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and also worked for peace, Mother's Day, and woman suffrage
- Ethel Lynn Beers: She likely wrote "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight," though credit was claimed by both Union and Confederate authors.
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