Ward, Anne (c. 1825–1896)
Ward, Anne (c. 1825–1896)
New Zealand temperance leader and welfare worker. Name variations: Anne Titboald, Mrs. Dudley Ward. Born Anne Titboald, c. 1825 or 1826, at Exeter, Devonshire, England; dau. of Thomas Titboald; m. Charles Dudley Robert Ward (lawyer), 1850.
Immigrated to New Zealand with husband (1854); served as first national president of New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), and established branches in Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, Patea, Hawera, Wanganui and Ashburton; helped WCTU establish kindergarten in Auckland (1887); worked to address needs of disadvantaged.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 2).
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