Who is Julia Ward Howe from Flashman & the Angel of the Lord: From the Flashman Papers, 1858-59 and what is their importance? "Flashman_&_the_Angel_of_the_Lord:_From_the_Flashman_Papers

Julia Ward Howe is Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe's wife. Her husband was one of the "Secret Six", who secretly financed John Brown. Julia Ward Howe, however, gained fame as the writer of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Harry Flashman meets Julia at Brown's sixtieth birthday party and describes her as "a spanking little red-head with a sharp eye"