Emily Mary Jane Ward,

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Lord (13 August 1850 – 15 June 1930), was a pioneer of childcare education in England. She founded several institutions including

Norland Place School Norland Place School is a co-educational independent preparatory school for boys and girls 4–11 in Holland Park, London. The school was founded in 1876 by Emily Lord. History Founded in 1876 by Emily Lord, Norland Place School originally ...

and, most notably, the Norland Institute.

Biography

Lord was born on 13 August 1850, in

Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...

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. In her early twenties she joined

Notting Hill High School Notting Hill and Ealing High School is an independent school for girls aged 4 – 18 in Ealing, London. Founded in 1873, it is one of the 26 schools that make up the Girls' Day School Trust. It has a Junior Department of 310 girls (ages 4–11) ...

as an infant teacher. Stokes, 1992 Heavily influenced by the ideas of Friedrich Fröbel, she founded

in 1876 when it separated from the School as ''‘Miss Lord’s Kindergarten’''. She attended the preliminary meeting of the Froebel Society in 1874. There she served on its council with Mary Lyschinska, Ada Berry, the Rev. Alfred Bourne and the educational campaigners Emily Shirreff and Maria Grey. In 1881 she lived at 9-10

Norland Square Norland Square is a garden square in the Notting Hill area of London. Located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, runs northward from Holland Park Avenue to Queensdale Road. The mews street Norland Place runs eastwards of the Square. ...

as "''proprietor and teacher of Kinder Garten''."Lord, Emily Mary Jane
/ref> 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. She died on 15 June 1930, in

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Private life

In 1891, at the age of 40, she married Walter Cyril Ward.

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References

* * 1850 births 1930 deaths People from Derby Schoolteachers from Derbyshire Founders of British schools and colleges {{edu-bio-stub