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:

    O how terrible it must be for a young man—
    seated before a family and the family thinking
    We never saw him before! He wants our Mary Lou!
    After tea and homemade cookies they ask What do you do for a living
    Gregory Corso (b. 1930)

    Conviction is the conscience of the mind.
    Humphrey, Mrs. Ward (1851–1920)