Julia E. Ward (died 1921) was an American educator who served as the sixth president (referred to at that time as "principal" ) of Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) from 1872-1883. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1857 and taught there for five years before becoming Head.
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