Julia Williams (poet)
Julia Williams may refer to: *Julia Williams (abolitionist) (1811–1870), American abolitionist *Julia Williams, poet 2004 in poetry *Julia Williams, nurse and candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010 Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Michigan's 15 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until J ...

Julia Williams (abolitionist)
Julia Ward Williams Garnet (July 1, 1811 - January 7, 1870) was an American abolitionist who was active in Massachusetts and New York. Born free in Charleston, South Carolina, she moved with her family as a child to Boston, Massachusetts, and was educated in the North. A member of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, she attended the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women in New York in 1837. She married abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet and in 1852 they traveled to Jamaica to work as missionaries, where she headed an industrial school for girls. After the American Civil War, she worked with freedmen in Washington, D.C. to establish their new lives. Early life and education Julia Ward Williams was born to free people of color in Charleston, South Carolina in 1811. Her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, when she was a child. She had two younger sisters, Ann and Diana. Williams was 21 years old when she traveled to Canterbury, Connecticut, to attend Prudence Crandall' ...
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2004 In Poetry
This article presents lists of historical events related to the writing of poetry during 2004. The historical context of events related to the writing of poetry in 2004 are addressed in articles such as ''History of Poetry'' Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants. Naming names." Members and visitors contribute information which links judges and prize winners in various poetry contests in attempts to document whether some contests have been rigged. * February 16 — Edwin Morgan (poet), Edwin Morgan becomes Scottish poetry, Scotland's first ever official national poet, The Scots Makar, appointed by the Scottish Parliament. * Jang Jin-sung Defection, defects from North Korea. * Publication of remaining fragments of Sappho's Tithonus poe ...
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