The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prizes</a> are awarded: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_E._Richards" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Laura E. Richards">Laura E. Richards</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_H._Elliott" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maude H. Elliott">Maude H. Elliott</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Howe_Hall" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Florence Howe Hall">Florence Hall</a> receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for <i id="mwpA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Ward_Howe" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Julia Ward Howe">Julia Ward Howe</a></i>). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Jules_Jusserand" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean Jules Jusserand">Jean Jules Jusserand</a> receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work <i id="mwpw"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Americans_of_Past_and_Present_Days" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="With Americans of Past and Present Days">With Americans of Past and Present Days</a></i>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_B._Swope" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Herbert B. Swope">Herbert B. Swope</a> receives the first Pulitzer for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Journalism">journalism</a> for his work for the <i id="mwqw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_World" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York World">New York World</a></i>.