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Mary Augusta Ward CBE (née Arnold; 11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920) was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. She worked to improve education for the poor setting up a Settlement in London and in 1908 she became the founding President of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League .
Mary Augusta Ward (* 11. Juni 1851 in Hobart, Tasmanien; † 24. März 1920 in London) war eine britische Schriftstellerin, Philanthropin und Aktivistin gegen das Frauenwahlrecht. Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts erreichte sie mit ihren Romanen, die sie unter ihrem Familiennamen Mrs. Humphry Ward schrieb, große Popularität.
ary Augusta Ward, née Arnold (1851-1920), is better known as the late Victorian novelist Mrs Humphry Ward. The eldest granddaughter of Dr Arnold of Rugby, she was born into the intellectual éite: her father Thomas would become an Oxford don; her uncle Matthew, the poet and literary and cultural critic, would become Professor of Poetry at Oxford;
13. Dez. 2018 · During the First World War, Mary was the first female journalist to visit the Western Front. She wrote propaganda for American audiences, and is credited with helping persuade the USA to join the war. She was made a CBE in March 1919, and was invited to become Britain’s first female magistrate in February 1920.
Explore the portraits of Mary Augusta Ward, a novelist, philanthropist and political lobbyist who wrote Robert Elsmere and founded Somerville College, Oxford. See her images by various photographers and artists, and learn more about her life and work.
by Barraud, pubd 1889. © National Portrait Gallery, London. Ward [née Arnold], Mary Augusta [known as Mrs Humphry Ward] ( 1851–1920 ), novelist, philanthropist, and political lobbyist, born on 11 June 1851 in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, was the eldest child of Thomas Arnold (1823–1900), inspector of schools in Hobart Town, and his ...
The Greatest Books. Mary Augusta Ward was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. She was born on June 11, 1851, and died on March 24, 1920. Ward was a best-selling author of her time and wrote novels that reflected her conservative values.
