Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
(1851-1920), Novelist, philanthropist and political lobbyist; wife of (Thomas) Humphry WardSitter in 32 portraits
The daughter of Thomas Arnold, Ward took an active interest in social work for London's poor and in women's education. She embodied her views in her novel Robert Elsmere (1888), the sales of which enabled her to establish a charitable 'settlement' for the working classes in London, which pioneered childcare for working women. She married Thomas Humphry Ward of Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1872. She founded the Lectures for Women committee in 1879 and helped establish Somerville College, Oxford, but was opposed to women's suffrage. In 1908, she led the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association, which argued that women were the country's 'moral force', with channels of expression outside the political sphere.
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46025
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46026
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46027
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46028
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46029
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
half-plate glass negative
NPG x81612
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
half-plate glass negative
NPG x81613
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1886
NPG x96255
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
NPG x27268
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by W. & D. Downey
carbon cabinet card, published 1890
NPG x27267
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x27265
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x6112
Related People
- Matthew Arnold (uncle)
- Thomas Arnold (grandfather)
- Aldous Huxley (nephew)
- Sir Julian Huxley (nephew)
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