Harry Ward

Ward's upbringing was steeped both in commercial and religious values and he began working in his father's business as a wagon-driver during his teenage years.

In Ward was sent away to a boarding school , a rather harsh and inferior environment to the more illustrious public schools occupied by the sires of the upper class.

Link, this experience quite possibly contributed to Ward's later distaste for differentiation of society into social classes.

In , Ward emigrated to the United States at the age of 17 in pursuit of a higher education. In Ward was finally able to accomplish his goal of entering a university, enrolling at the University of Southern California USC , located in the still modest-sized town of Los Angeles.

During his Northwestern University years Ward was active in intercollegiate debate , in which he was regarded as a skillful participant.

Following graduation, Ward took a position as head resident of Northwestern University Settlement , a settlement house located in Chicago , Illinois , which sought to educate and improve the lives of impoverished immigrant workers of the city's meatpacking district.

In October , Ward was moved to the 47th Street Methodist Episcopal Church, another pastorate in the Chicago stockyards district with a congregation composed largely of working-class immigrants from Eastern Europe.

Ward himself joined the fledgling Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America in a show of solidarity with his parishioners.

Following the birth of his second son in , Ward took a one-year sabbatical leave during which time he seems to have read the works of Karl Marx for the first time.

Ward returned to the pulpit in the fall of reenergized. In , he became a lecturer at Union Theological Seminary and in professor of Christian ethics there.

From to , Ward served as professor of ethics at the Union Theological Seminary. In all, he taught there for a quarter of a century.

He was professor emeritus there from to his death in He was one of the founders of the Methodist Federation for Social Action and served as its general secretary from to He supported eugenics, claiming that they and Christianity were compatible as both pursued the "challenge of removing the causes that produce the weak.

He frequently spoke at events held by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and received an honor from its women's division in In , during a Columbia University symposium, Ward stated that Capitalism is a state of mind and a religion, of which most of the world is skeptical and that only in the United States does it flourish.

In , he signed an open letter that asked the US Immigration service to admit religious and political refugees from Nazi German.

In , Ward spoke out against anti-semitism in Poland. In , he spoke out against "mass mechanized warfare" and separately criticized Nazism. In March , the ACLU, under pressure to demonstrate its anti-communism , barred communists from holding office in the organization.

Formally, the ACLU barred "anyone who is a member of any political organization which supports totalitarian dictatorships in any country.

Ward rejected HUAC's finding as "completely false" and stated he had never joined a political party. Toward the end of his life, Ward consulted to the Religious Freedom Committee, which organized a national campaign to abolish HUAC, which changed its name in and disbanded in Kennedy to stop the war in Vietnam.

Ward married Daisy Kendall in During his final two years Ward was weak, bedridden, and in need of constant care from home aides.

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Harry Ward had a challenging start to life. His parents divorced when he was 10 years old — and his father exited his life.

His mother, Muriel, was ill after the divorce and while she was in treatment, Harry and his two siblings were separated and placed in foster care.

The following years were stressful and difficult for Harry, changing schools frequently as he moved through the foster care system.

Eventually the family was reunited, and Harry was relieved to return to his childhood home, family and friends in Lewis Lake. Starting at age 16, Harry worked during the summer months as a labourer with a paving company with promotion at a young age , as a house painter, house mover including jacking , all while a maintaining a paper route.

At this time he started his life long commitment to his community by volunteering as a junior firefighter at the Lewis Lake Volunteer Fire Dept.

At 18 years old, Harry moved out of his family home. He stayed very busy during his summers working with the local Lands and Forestry Depot where he learned many leadership skills, while being responsible for work crews, fire fighting crews and the maintaining of fire roads, and supervising individual construction projects within Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park and Long Lake Provincial Park.

At 20, he completed a fine woodworking program in Middleton, NS, becoming a qualified high-end furniture maker. He found his niche - it was work he thoroughly enjoyed and he was good at it!

He worked in the construction industry, building kitchens, specializing in the custom cabinetry, building and renovating homes and apartment buildings.

Wanting to expand his abilities as a craftsman he studied architectural drawing and design at NSCC.

He used his skills working with specialty hardwoods and doing custom woodwork for the public sector and was promoted into a contractor sales position working with the public extensively for three years, before moving to high end renovations, working closely with clients and organizing sub trades.

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