Emily Mary Jane Ward,

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

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

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. In her early twenties she joined

Notting Hill High School Notting Hill and Ealing High School is a private day 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) and ...

as an infant teacher. Stokes, 1992 Heavily influenced by the ideas of

Friedrich Fröbel Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel (; 21 April 1782 – 21 June 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique nee ...

, 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''.", title= Lord, Emily Mary Jane
/ref> She was sister of Henrietta Frances Lord, who was a feminist, a Poor Law guardian, and a friend of

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. In 1892, she opened the Norland Institute, a training school for

nanny A nanny is a person who provides child care. Typically, this care is given within the children's family setting. Throughout history, nannies were usually servants in large households and reported directly to the lady of the house. Today, modern ...

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