Background
Ward, May Alden was born on March 1, 1853 in in Ohio. Daughter of Prince W. and Rebecca (Neal) Alden.
Ward, May Alden was born on March 1, 1853 in in Ohio. Daughter of Prince W. and Rebecca (Neal) Alden.
Direct descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, of Plymouth Colony. M.L.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1872, Phi Beta Kappa. Honorary A.M., 1912; studied in Germany, 1874-1875.
President Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1901-1904, 1907-1908. Vice president General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1904-1908. President N.E. Woman’s Club.
Commissioner of Massachusetts to St. Louis and Portland expns. Editor Federation Bulletin (national official publn. of General Federation of Women’s Clubs), 1903-1910. Author: Life of Dante, 1887.
Petrarch, a Sketch of His Life and Works, 1891. Old Colony Days, 1896. Prophets of the Nineteenth Century, 1900.
Home: Boston, Mass.
Married William Godman Ward, May 3, 1873.