In 1896 she and her husband committed themselves to purchasing Stocks. The initial cost of £18,000, plus £7,000 for an adjoining farm, was much increased by extensive renovations they undertook. The need for money...
politics
Mary Augusta Ward
Her political views continued to create breaches in her previous alliances. In addition to the rift with Somerville College
, she was ousted from the National Union of Women Workers
. Her son Arnold
also...
Literary responses
Mary Augusta Ward
Canadian Born was not a great success and sold poorly. MAW
' son Arnold
exposed the imperial arrogance and racism of his class in his objection that the union of a British aristocrat with a...
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Augusta Ward
The only son of MAW
and her husband
was born; he was christened with his mother's maiden name of Arnold
.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
59, 410
Timeline
6 May 1913: The House of Commons defeated a private member's...
National or international item
6 May 1913
The House of Commons defeated a private member's Representation of the People Bill which would have enfranchised women over twenty-five who were either householders or wives of householders.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
190n190
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.