Mary Ward

Mary Ward may refer to:

  • Mary Ward (nun) (1585–1645), English Catholic nun who founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School, a Roman Catholic secondary school named for her
  • Mary Ward (scientist) (1827–1869), Anglo Irish amateur scientist killed under the wheels of an experimental steam car
  • Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920), British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward
    • Mary Ward Centre, an adult education college located in London named for her
  • Mary Ward (nurse) (1885–1972), English nurse to the boat people on the waterways
  • Mary Ward (actress), Australian stage and television actress
  • Mary Ward (ship), a passenger and cargo steamer built in Montreal in 1895
  • Mary Alice Ward (1896–1972), Australian teacher and pastoralist
  • Mary Jane Ward (1905–1981), American writer
  • Mary Mae Ward, a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital

Famous quotes containing the words mary and/or ward:

    “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Luke 10:41,42.

    Jesus to Martha.

    “If we ever feel discouraged by the apparent constraints on humanity, about its lack of elbowroom and freedom of action, we should think of the Jews and the Greeks, insignificant, powerless, and tiny in the age of the dinosaur empires, yet providing the growing points for the next stage in human destiny.”
    —Barbara Ward (1914–1981)