Ada Ward

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]

Ada Ward

References
  1. "New York". Chicago Daily Tribune. 5 May 1878.
  2. Mahlstick (1883). Bohemia. Metropolitan Printing Co.
  3. "Miss Ada Ward: An Actress at the Penitent fdorm". The Brisbane Courier. 13 April 1897. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  4. "A Pretty Actress Renounces the Stage Forever". Los Angeles Times. 3 March 1897. Retrieved 23 May 2009.


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