Ada Ward Explained

Ada Ward was an English actress and singer who became a star in Australia in the 1870s,[1] and later worked in the United States.[2] She caused a sensation in 1897 by leaving the stage and joining the Salvation Army as a preacher[3] and going on to work in the slums of London.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: New York . . 5 May 1878 .
  2. Book: Bohemia . Mahlstick . 1883 . Metropolitan Printing Co. .
  3. News: Miss Ada Ward: An Actress at the Penitent fdorm . . 13 April 1897 . 23 May 2009 .
  4. News: A Pretty Actress Renounces the Stage Forever . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020200223/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/325724092.html?dids=325724092:325724092&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Mar+03,+1897&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=SHE+JOINED+THE+ARMY.&pqatl=google . dead . 20 October 2012 . . 3 March 1897 . 23 May 2009 .

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