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��WARD, Edith, 62 State St., East Orange, N.J.

Private teacher; b. West Orange, N.J., Oct. 7, 1871; dau. Josiah Otis and Sopbia Estelle (Hewitt) Ward; ed. Dearborn-Morgan School, Orange, N.J. ; Vassar Coll. Mem. Vassar Students' Aid See. and Alliance Francaise. Interested m woman suffrage. Recreation: Travel. Episco- palian. WARD, Ellen, 770 West End Av., N.T. City.

Missionary; b. Chicago, Nov. 27, 1857; dau. Samuel Dexter and Mary Augusta (Folsom) Ward; ed. Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, 111.; Lake Forest Coll. Interested in work among boys in Chicago Jail and Pontiac Reform School, 1882-84; also in hospital visiting, Chicago. Missionary in Peking China, under Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1885-87; in the fall of 1906 went again to Peking with the same mission, but not under board support (independent). Returned to N.Y. City, 1911. Presbyterian. While living in Chicago and Lake Forest was connected with the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Northwest, 1890-1900; on moving to N.Y., with the Woman-'s Board of Foreign Missions o£ the Presbyterian Church, N.Y. City, 1901-06. WARD, Emma Jane (Mrs. William Shaw Ward), 4 Tuxedo Place, Denver, Colo. Born Chicago, 111., Nov. 12, 1855; dau. Jasper Delos and Emma Jane (Raworth) Ward; ed. Acad, of the Visitation, Georgetown, D.C.; m. Chicago, Apr. 28, 1880, William Shaw Ward; chil- dren: Jane Shaw, Jasper Dudley, William Shaw Jr Morris Raworth. Chairman West Central Field (six States) of Y.W.C.A. (Nat). Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem. Colonial Dames.

WARD, Etta Idella, 26 Academy St., Winchen- don, Mass.

Editor and publisher; b. Wlnchendon, Mass., April 24, 1865; dau. Franklin Washington and Sophronia (Reed) Ward; ed. public schools. Since 1900 editor and proprietor of the Wlnchen- don Courier. Congregationalist. WARD, Fannie Batclielder (Mrs. Charles Mon- tagu Ward), 27 W. Sixty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Born Boston, Mass., Mar. 4, 1865; dau. George Batchelder (manager Eastern Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad) and Georgie H. (Sanborn) Batchelder; ed. St. Margaret's School, Boston; m. Boston, Mass., July 11, 1892, Charles Montagu Ward; one daughter: Frances Montagu, b 1894 Prominent in social life and literary work. Made debut on the stage as Nora in Charles H. Hoyt's A Tin Soldier Co., Bijou Theater, Boston, 18&5. (Lost engagement May 28 1886, for loyalty to the "Hub" and to Har- vard, in refusing to doff a bit of crimson ribbon which excited the ire and provoked pandemonium at a performance in New York, where 500 Colum- bia College students predominated in the audi- ence). Joined Charles H. Hoyt's A Hole in the Ground company, season 1888-89; traveled to San Francisco; engaged by Daniel Frohman for Princess Elizabeth in Prince and the Pauper company, 1890 (illness prevented); engaged by David Belasco for Agnes in The Ugly Duckling, 1890, Broadway Theater, N.Y. City; by Edward Harrigan for opening of Harrigan's Theater (stock company), Dec. 29, 1890; remained four seasons, playing ingenue rflles. Greatest suc- cesses: The New York Bud in Reilly and the 400, and Rosy McFadd (wearing a crinoline ball dress that made a sensation) in Cordelia's Aspirations. Author: Short Stories, 1894; A Collection of Letters 18$6. First short story: A Train Ac- QuaintaJice, published in Evening Telegram, 1890- first poem: The Newsgirl, published in the Exeter (N.H.) News Letter; has contributed many stories and verses to the periodicals under the nom de plume "Ingenue." Mem. the Stage Soc, New York.

WARD, Florence Elizabeth, Iowa State Teachers' College, Cedar Falls, la.

Kindergarten training teacher; b. Mauston, Wis ; dau. Lemuel J. and Elizabeth (Herring- ton) Ward; grad. Chicago Kindergarten Coll., 190S. Author: Ten Practical Talks on the Mon- tessorl Method for Home, Kindergartens and

��Primary School. Congregationalist. Mem. Prop- agating Com. of Internat. Kindergarten Union; chairman educational com. la. Fed. of Women's Clubs; chairman la. School Patrons' Joint Com. Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Iowa Congress of Mothers. Lecturer on child study topics; Chautauqua worker; head of kindergarten dep't la. State Teachers' Coll.; went to Europe, 1909, as mem. commission ap- pointed by Nat. Civic League to visit elementary schools of Great Britain and the Continent; went to Rome, 1912, to make an Investigation of the Montessori method, and has since given many addresses on the subject before teachers' ass'ns. Favors woman suffrage.

WARD, Florence Nightingale Ferguson (Mrs. James William Ward), 2700 Broadway, San Francisco, Cal. ; office: S60 Hyde St., San Francisco, Cal.

Physician and surgeon; b. San Francisco, July 10, 1860; dau. James P. and Anna J. Fer- guson; grad. Normal College, San Francisco, '79; Hahnemann Med. College of the Pacific, '87; pursued post-graduate studies in N.Y. Poly- clinic, 1887-88, and in Europe, studying In hos- pitals and clinics of France and Germany, 1892; m. San Francisco, Cal., July 10, 1895, James William Ward, M.D., prof, abdominal surgery and gynecology in Hahnemann Med. College of the Pacific. Practising medicine and surgery from graduation; specializing as obstetrician ana gynecologist; writer of articles in professional journals. Mem. Am. Inst, of Homoeopathy. WARD, Gertrude, 41 Park Place, Bloomfleld. N.J.

Physician; b. Bloomfleld, N.J., Oct. 16, 1875; dau. Theodore Hastings and Elizabeth Craig (Potter) Ward; ed. Bloomfleld High School, '91; Wellesley Coll., 1893-94; Woman's Med. Coll. ol N.Y. Inflmaajy, 1896-99; Cornell Univ. Med. School, M.D. 1900 (with honors). Interne at Memorial Hospital, Worcester, 1900-01; town physician for small-pox patients during epidemic in Bloomfleld, N.J., 1901-02; medical inspector public schools, 1909--. Active in social welfare work; chairman exec. com. of League for Friendly Service. Favors woman suffrage. Pres- byterian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Essex Co. Med. Soc, Public Welfare Com. of Essex Co., Newark Med. Library Ass'n. Recreation; Music. Mem. Woman's Club, Glen Ridge, N.J. ; Montclair Mu- sical Club.

WARD, Grace Ethel, 25 Arlington St., Lynn, Mass.

Teacher, author; b. Lynn, Mass.; dau. Henry Albee and Eugenia (Abbott) Ward; grad. Lynn Classical High School, Boston Univ., A.B. En- gaged in teaching since graduation; now sup't of Latin dep't of the Lynn grammar schools. Au- thor: In the Miz, 1904. Episcopalian. AVARD, Hortense (Mrs. W. H. Ward), Houston, Tex.

Lawyer; b. Matagorda Co., Tex.; dau. Fred and Marie Louise (La. Bauve) Sparks; ed. Naza- reth Acad., Victoria, Tex.; m. Aug. 12, 1909, W. H. Ward. First woman to take Texas law ex- amination. Favors woman suffrage. Catholic. Mem. Juvenile Ass'n, Tex. Congress of Mothers, Houston Heights Women's Club. WARD, JoaephJne Clark (Mrs. Carl Edwin Ward), 64 Chestnut St., Waltham, Mass. Born Waltham, Mass., Oct. 11, 1874; dau. Charles Edward and Mary Louise (Stearns) Clark; ed. public schools of Waltham; Berlitz School of Languages; Classical School for Girls, Boston; Smith Coll., B.L. class '98; m. Boston, Oct. 7, 1904, Carl Edwin Ward. Teacher and li- brary worker until marriage. Interested In movement for bettering conditions in the theatre. Favors woman suffrage. Attends Christian Science Church. Mem. Drama League, Woman's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston. Rec- reations: Out-door life, theatre. WARD, Julia Elizabeth, 452 Fletcher St., Lowell, Mass.

Teacher; b. Plymouth, N.H. ; dau. George Whitfield and Jemima Smith (Emerson) Ward; ed. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Litt.D. '01. Ass't prin. of Mt. Holyoke Sem-, 1867-1872; prin. of Mt.

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