Mary Augusta Ward

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Mary Augusta Ward (nee Arnold; June 11, 1851 – March 26, 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. 1911 photo in the public domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 1911 photo in the public domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1332x532, 59 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1332x532, 59 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

Biography

Mary Augusta Arnold was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1851. She was the daughter of Tom Arnold, a professor of literature and Julia Sorrell. Her uncle was the poet Matthew Arnold and her grandfather had been Thomas Arnold, the famous headmaster of Rugby School. Her sister, also called Julia, married Leonard Huxley, the son of Thomas Huxley and their sons were Julian and Aldous Huxley. As a young lady Mary married Humphry "Thomas" Ward, a writer/editor. Jump to: navigation, search Hobart is the capital city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Tom Arnold also known as Thomas Arnold the Younger (1823-1900) was a British literary professor. ... Caricature from Punch, 1881: Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written Balder Dead, And also Balder-dash Matthew Arnold and(24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. ... Thomas Arnold (June 13, 1795 – June 12, 1842) was a famous schoolmaster and historian, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. ... Jump to: navigation, search A view of Rugby School from the rear, including the playing field, where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in the United Kingdom and is perhaps one of the... Leonard Huxley (1860 - 1933) was a British writer and editor. ... Thomas Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley F.R.S. (May 4, 1825 - June 29, 1895) was a British biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his defence of Charles Darwins theory of evolution. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, FRS (June 22, 1887 – February 14, 1975) was a British biologist, author, humanist and internationalist, known for his popularisations of science in books and lectures. ... Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was a British writer who emigrated to the United States. ...

Mary Augusta Ward began her career writing articles for magazines while working on a book for children that was published in 1881 under the title Milly and Olly. Her novels contained strong religious subject matter relevant to Victorian values she herself practised. Her popularity spread beyond Great Britain to the United States. According to the New York Times, her book Lady Rose's Daughter was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1903 as was The Marriage of William Ashe in 1905. Jump to: navigation, search 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States, as determined by the New York Times. ... See also: 1902 in literature, other events of 1903, 1904 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1904 in literature, other events of 1905, 1906 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

Mrs. Ward helped establish an organization for working and teaching among the poor and was one of the founders of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League in 1908. In this latter vein, some of her writings were under the name "Mrs. Humphry Ward." Jump to: navigation, search 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In the summer of 1908 she was asked by George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston and William Cremer to become the first president of Britain’s Anti-Suffrage League. Ward agreed and took on the job creating editing the Anti-Suffrage Review. Using her writing skills she published a large number of articles on the subject and two of her novels, The Testing of Diana Mallory and a Delia Blanchflower, were used as platform's to criticize the suffragettes. In a 1909 article in The Times, Ward wrote that constitutional, legal, financial, military, and international problems were problems only men could solve. However, she came to promote the idea of women having a voice in local government and other rights that the men's anti-suffrage movement would not tolerate. George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (January 11, 1859 – March 20, 1925), was a conservative British statesman who served as Viceroy of India. ... Sir William Randal Cremer (1838 - 1908) was a significant English pacifist. ... The Anti-Suffrage League was an organization that was opposed to womens suffrage. ... Suffragette with banner, Washington DC, 1918 The title of suffragette was given to members of the womens suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ...

During World War I, she was asked by Theodore Roosevelt to write a series of articles to explain to Americans what was happening in Britain during the war. Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War... Jump to: navigation, search Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th (1901–09) President of the United States of America. ...

Mary Augusta Ward died in London, England, and was interred at Aldbury in Hertfordshire. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Aldbury is a village in Hertfordshire in England, near the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ...

Bibliography

The cover of Milly and Olly, illustrated by Ruth M. Hallock and published by Doubleday, Page & Company in 1914

• Milly and Olly - (1881)
• Miss Bretherton - (1884)
• Robert Ellesmere - (1888)
• Marcella - (1894)
• Sir George Tressady - (1896)
• Helbeck of Bannisdale - (1898)
• Eleanor - (1900)
• Lady Rose's Daughter - (1903)
• The Marriage of William Ashe - (1905)
• Fenwick's Career - (1906)
• The Testing of Diana Mallory - (1908)
• Daphne - (1909)
• Canadian Born - (1910)
• The Case of Richard Meynell - (1911)
• The Mating of Lydia - (1913)
• The Coryston Family - (1913)
• Delia Blanchflower - (1914)
• Eltham House - (1915)
• A Great Success - (1915)
• England's Effort, Six Letters to an American Friend - (1916)
• Lady Connie - (1916)
• Towards the Goal - (1917)
• Missing - (1917)
• The War and Elizabeth - (1918)
• A Writer's Recollections - (1918)
• Fields of Victory - (1919)
• Helena - (1919)
• Harvest - (1920)

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External links

• Ward at the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography
• Works by Ward from Project Gutenberg
• Mary Augusta Ward at The Victorian Web
• Works by Ward at The Victorian Women Writers Project