Harry F. Ward

Harry F. Ward
Ward in 1941
Born
Harry Frederick Ward, Jr.

(1873-10-15)October 15, 1873
DiedDecember 9, 1966(1966-12-09) (aged 93)
Known forServing as founding chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union
Spouse
Daisy Kendall
(m. 1899)
Children
Parents
  • Harry Freeman Ward Sr.
  • Fanny Jeffrey
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Methodist)
ChurchMethodist Episcopal Church[1]
Ordained1902[2]
Academic background
Alma mater
Influences
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-disciplineEthics
School or tradition
InstitutionsUnion Theological Seminary
Main interestsSocial ethics[7]
InfluencedJ. King Gordon[8]

Harry Frederick Ward Jr.[a] (15 October 1873 – 9 December 1966) was an English-born American Methodist minister and political activist who identified himself with the movement for Christian socialism, best remembered as first national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from its creation in 1920 until his resignation in protest of the organization's decision to bar communists in 1940.[12][13]

  1. ^ Duke 2003, pp. 46, 51.
  2. ^ Craig 1992, p. 186; Duke 2003, p. 54.
  3. ^ a b c Craig 1992, p. 186.
  4. ^ Rossinow 2005, pp. 65, 86.
  5. ^ Mollegen 1952, p. 122.
  6. ^ Rossinow 2005, p. 67.
  7. ^ a b Walker 1999, p. 21.
  8. ^ Fleming 2015, p. 78.
  9. ^ Duke 2003, p. 3,231,245,255.
  10. ^ Ward 1918b, Title page.
  11. ^ Ward, Harry F. (1940). "Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States: Hearings before a Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, 75th Congress, 3rd session-78th Congress, 2nd session, on HR 282". US GPO. p. 6213.
  12. ^ "Hharry Ward Dies; LED A.C.L.U. TO '40; Methodist Minister, 93, Way Long a Foe of War" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 December 1966. p. 37. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Harry Frederick Ward Papers, 1880 - 1979" (PDF). Columbia University. 2014. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 16 August 2018.


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