Emily Ward

Emily Mary Jane Ward, née Lord (13 August 1850 – 15 June 1930), was a pioneer of childcare education in England.

[1] In her early twenties she joined Notting Hill High School as an infant teacher.

Alfred Bourne and the educational campaigners Emily Shirreff and Maria Grey.

"[4] She was sister of Henrietta Frances Lord, who was a feminist, a Poor Law guardian, and a friend of Olive Schreiner.

In 1892, she opened the Norland Institute, a training school for nanny girls and children's nurses, and in the following years steered it to a position of international respect.